Pattan Tehsil
تحصیل پٹن
پټن تحصیل
Pattan is the capital of Lower Kohistan District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Country Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictLower Kohistan
Government
  ChairmanMaulana Rehmatullah (IND)
Elevation
833 m (2,733 ft)
Population
  Total202,913
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Pattan (Pashto: پټن, Urdu: پٹن) is the capital of Lower Kohistan District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Climate

With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Pattan features a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Pattan is 19.6 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 802 mm. Even in the driest months, there is a lot of precipitation. November is the driest month with 17 mm of precipitation, while July, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 123 mm.

July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 29.3 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 7.9 °C.

Climate data for Pattan
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 13.3
(55.9)
15.9
(60.6)
20.8
(69.4)
26.1
(79.0)
31.6
(88.9)
36.8
(98.2)
35.9
(96.6)
34.4
(93.9)
32.6
(90.7)
28.2
(82.8)
22.3
(72.1)
15.6
(60.1)
26.1
(79.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 7.9
(46.2)
10.3
(50.5)
14.7
(58.5)
19.7
(67.5)
24.5
(76.1)
29.2
(84.6)
29.3
(84.7)
28.3
(82.9)
25.7
(78.3)
20.6
(69.1)
15.0
(59.0)
9.6
(49.3)
19.6
(67.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 2.6
(36.7)
4.7
(40.5)
8.7
(47.7)
13.3
(55.9)
17.4
(63.3)
21.7
(71.1)
22.8
(73.0)
22.2
(72.0)
18.8
(65.8)
13.0
(55.4)
7.7
(45.9)
3.7
(38.7)
13.1
(55.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

See also

References

  1. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  2. "Climate: Patan - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 15 September 2016.


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