Peshawar
Pakistan
Peshawar has warmed by about +1.6 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain shows no clear change.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.37 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.56 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.372 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.297 to +0.458
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 35.00°N, 71.00°E (120 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
No clear change
+11 mm
every 10 years (+4.3% of the usual amount)
Not sure: could be natural ups and downs
Whole year: no clear change.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +10.6 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −4.3 to +25.3
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p = 0.16
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- No
- Map square used
- 33.75°N, 71.25°E (38 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Peshawar
Floods
48
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 8 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: August 2025.
Landslides
10
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 53 people died.
Deadliest: 32 people died, August 2012.
Fires
1
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).