Pakistan Monsoon 2025 Rainfall Update

Pakistan Meteorological Department-CDPC (10th September 2025)

(Contact: info.cdpc@pmd.gov.pk, pmdcdpc@yahoo.com)

 

 

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Monsoon progress Highlights (26th June to 10th September):

This year monsoon season set on 26th June 2025 over Pakistan, five days earlier than its normal date (1st July). However, excessive monsoon rainfall occurred in the last week of June, a near average rainfall in the month of July and August. Moreover, a heavy rainfall observed in last ten days of August caused severe flood situations in northern Pakistan. In first ten days heavy rainfall occurred in Punjab and Sindh and caused flooding situations also in Sindh. More rainfall in September turns the rainfall deviations to above average for Pakistan and the regions.

 

26-30 June 2025

During the period an excessive amount of rainfall occurred as whole in Pakistan i.e. 17.1mm (+219.9%). Most of the excessive rain areas were Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as compared to the regions AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan where the rainfall was below average during the period.

 

1-31 July 2025

During the period, the national rainfall was largely above average with 63.3mm (22.8%) across Pakistan as a whole. The situation was similar in the regions too, i.e. AJK with 197.7mm (13.7%), Punjab with 163.5mm (+57.3%), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 115.2mm (4.5%), Balochistan with 39.3mm (+32.5%), Gilgit-Baltistan with 20.2mm (52%), all recorded excessively above average rainfall. Whereas the regions The Sindh with 31.6mm(-47.5%) was the only region to observe a near average rainfall with negative departure of (-1%).

 

1-31 August 2025

During the period, the national rainfall was near average with 56.2mm (17.3%) across Pakistan as a whole. A diverse situation was observed in the regions, i.e. Gilgit-Baltistan with 24.1mm (+47.6%) was above average, Punjab with 103.3 mm (35.2%), Balochistan with 27.8mm (+28.8%) was above average, whereas AJK with 167.1 mm (+12.4%), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 111.2mm (+5.9%) exhibited near average rainfall. The Sindh, with 54.2 mm (-24.5%), was the only region observed below average rainfall. 

 

1-10 September 2025

During the period, the national rainfall was a largely above average with 28.2mm (+138.7%) across Pakistan as a whole. A diverse situation was observed in the regions, i.e. Sindh with 76.9mm (+462.5%) and Punjab with 39.7mm(+102.4%) was largely above average, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  with 28.1(+36.2%), Gilgit-Baltistan with 7.9mm (+34.9%), and Balochistan with 4.8(+27.1%) were above average, Whereas AJK with 34.9 mm (+13.1%) was observed slightly above average rainfall.                                            

 


 Cumulative Rainfall

 


Rainfall Departures

       

        

           Daily Rainfall July 2025

              

 

                      Daily Rainfall August 2025

                  


                                          

 


                Daily Rainfall September 2025

 

 

Monsoon Damages

According to NDMA web link https://www.ndma.gov.pk/sitrepm about 928 humans lost their lives including 526 male, 152 female and 250 children during 26 June to 10 September 2025. Whereas 1,051 people also have been injured during the period because of heavy rainfall and flash floods. Moreover about 8,182 houses have been damaged, and 6,508livestock have been effected.

Note: Calculations are provisional