Islamabad
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📷 Tahsin Shah· CC BY-SA 4.0روشنیوں کا شہر | The city of lights
About
Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million; and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory - with a metropolitan population of over 2.3 million. Built as a planned city in the 1960s and established in 1967 along the Margalla Hills, Islamabad replaced Karachi as Pakistan's national capital.
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The next week in Islamabad
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
32° / 20°
1.1 mm
UV Very high
Sat
Partly cloudy
34° / 21°
UV Very high
Sun
Partly cloudy
36° / 22°
UV Very high
Mon
Partly cloudy
39° / 25°
UV Very high
Tue
Drizzle
39° / 23°
1.3 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Partly cloudy
39° / 24°
UV Very high
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
47° / 13°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.9h
05:07 – 19:00local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Islamabad
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Islamabad International Airport (ISB) at 26 km.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Himasaram.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.