Islamabad
Capital of Pakistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan. About 601,600 people live in the city proper, making it the 16th largest city of Pakistan in our atlas.
It lies at 33.72° N, 73.04° E, about 579 m (1,900 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Karachi time zone.
Location
Red dot: Islamabad. Green dots: other major cities of Pakistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Islamabad has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 40°C (105°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 5°C (40°F). Around 1,002 mm (39 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PakistanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Rawalpindi · 14 km
- Peshawar · 139 km
- Sargodha · 185 km
- Sialkot · 194 km
- Gujranwala · 203 km
- Bannu · 240 km
- Faisalabad · 256 km
- Lahore · 269 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1176615 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1362 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad: Shubert Ciencia from Nueva Ecija, Philippines, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- A Pakistani Gate: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Prime Minister's SecretariatI slanabad Pakistan: Hussain kevin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
