Pakistan Weather Today: Dry and Cold on 15 November 2026

By Daniyal Sheikh | Updated: 15 November 2026

Sunday, 15 November 2026 will be a cold, dry day for most of Pakistan. The Pakistan Meteorological Department’s Sunday forecast is straightforward: cold and dry weather in the upper parts of the country, dry conditions almost everywhere else, and the only real chance of rain is isolated showers and thunderstorms in Kashmir and the adjoining hilly areas. If you live in Islamabad, Lahore or Karachi, you can plan your day without worrying about rain. Do dress for the cold in the morning and evening, though, and if you are in Lahore, keep the fog and smog in mind before you get behind the wheel.

Saturday brought the rain; Sunday brings the cold that follows it, as the shallow westerly wave over the upper parts of the country clears.

What the Met Office says for today

The PMD advisory, issued at 10:30am on Saturday 14 November, splits the country in two for Sunday. The upper parts get cold and dry weather, the rest of the country stays dry, and the single exception is Kashmir and the hilly areas next to it, where isolated rain and thunderstorms may still occur.

That is a big change from Saturday, when the same wave was still active, with rain, wind and thunderstorms forecast across the north, snowfall over the high mountains, and isolated rain in north-eastern Punjab and the Potohar region at night. By Sunday morning the system has largely moved on.

One thing is worth clearing up, because not every report agrees. A TNN English report on the same system said the rain would last through 15 November in Peshawar, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, with snowfall in the mountains on 15 and 16 November. That does not match the PMD’s own Sunday advisory, which says cold and dry for the upper parts with isolated rain only in Kashmir. We are following the PMD’s Sunday call here, because it is the Met Office’s own dated advisory for today. The rain TNN described was real, it just fell on Saturday, when the system was at its strongest.

Saturday’s rain: what the system already did

Saturday was the wet day. The PMD’s figures for the past 24 hours: Pattan 27mm, Balakot 25mm, Upper Dir 18mm, Malam Jabba 17mm, Muzaffarabad 12mm, and Garhi Dopatta 7mm. Modest totals by monsoon standards, but in mid-November, on cold mountain ground, enough to turn roads slick and push the first snow onto the high peaks.

The cold that came with the rain is just as telling. The lowest minimum recorded was minus 5°C at Leh, while Bagrote and Kalam both recorded 0°C. When the minimum touches zero in Kalam in mid-November, winter is not coming to the mountains, it is already there, and the high ground is now snow-covered in places.

That rain did one useful thing for the plains. The PMD has said the showers should help reduce smog and improve air quality in Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and parts of upper Punjab. Anyone who has spent the last week breathing Lahore’s air will understand why that matters. The relief is real, but it is limited: the same reports warn of heavy fog in Punjab’s plains once the rain stops, and fog brings its own problems on the roads.

City by city: what today looks like where you live

Pakistan is a big country and one forecast never fits it all. The temperatures below are today’s forecast highs and lows from weather.com. Where no verified temperature was available at the time of writing, we have left it out rather than guess.

Islamabad: sunshine and a cold edge

Islamabad gets the best of today’s weather. The capital woke to fog, but the day turns sunny, with a forecast high of 24°C and a low of 11°C. Sunrise was at 6:39am and sunset is at 5:04pm, so the daylight is short and the evening chill arrives early. Weather.com puts the chance of rain in the next 12 hours at no more than 16%. This is the first proper taste of winter in the twin cities, and it follows the season’s first winter rain in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, which arrived with this same westerly system. A light jacket in the afternoon, something warmer after sunset, and you are set.

Lahore: fog, smog, and no rain

Lahore is the city where the weather needs the most care today. The morning started in fog, with the temperature around 18°C, humidity at 82%, and the air quality index at 184, firmly in the unhealthy range. The day’s high is forecast at 27°C with a low of 13°C, and there is no significant rain expected, the highest hourly chance of precipitation is just 8%.

What Lahore does have is the combination the city dreads every November: fog in the morning and smog through the day. Saturday’s rain may have washed some haze out of the air, but the PMD has warned of heavy fog in Punjab’s plains after the rainfall. If you are driving, keep your speed down and use your fog lights; if you have asthma, wear a mask outdoors. The haze is part of a bigger regional story: Delhi has overtaken Lahore as the world’s most polluted city as smog turns hazardous across the region.

Karachi: dry, warm, and waiting for the cold

Karachi stays dry. The PMD’s Friday forecast, reported by The Nation on 14 November, said most districts of Sindh would stay dry, with partly cloudy weather and a chance of drizzle in Karachi and its surroundings. That is still the picture today: a forecast high of 33°C and a low of 21°C, morning fog, humidity at 81%, an air quality index of 84 (moderate), and a rain chance of just 3% at most.

Karachiites should enjoy the warmth while it lasts, because change is coming. The Tribune reported on 11 November that the city is likely to feel the first real nip of winter after 15 November, when cold winds following the rainfall in Balochistan sweep towards the coast. That is a matter of days now, not weeks, and the second half of November is when Karachi usually starts to feel like winter.

Peshawar, Quetta and the north

Peshawar and Quetta are both dry and cold today. The rain the Tribune listed for Balochistan earlier in the week, in Barkhan, Zhob, Musakhel, Quetta, Ziarat, Chaman, Qila Saifullah, Qila Abdullah, Kalat and Khuzdar, was forecast on 11 November for the following two to three days: the same system moving through, not a forecast for today. What matters now is what follows it, as the rain subsides in Balochistan, cold winds travel onwards, and Karachi is next in line to feel them.

In the far north, Gilgit-Baltistan and the high valleys stay cold, with the mountains holding snow after Saturday’s fall. Muzaffarabad and the rest of Kashmir are the one place where rain is still possible today, in isolated showers and thunderstorms, so anyone travelling in the hills should check the sky before setting out.

What to do today

A dry, cold Sunday is easy to enjoy if you dress for it. Mornings and evenings are coldest, and the gap between the afternoon high and the night low is wide, 13 degrees in Islamabad and 14 in Lahore, so wear layers you can take off in the afternoon sun. On the roads in Punjab, fog is the real risk today, not rain: drive slowly, keep your headlights on, and pull over if visibility drops badly. In smog-hit cities, a mask is sensible outdoors. And if you are heading north, check the roads first. The rain that hit Punjab on 12 and 13 November was the leading edge of this same system, and after two days of rain and snow the high-valley roads can be slippery, with ice possible on shaded stretches at night.

The bottom line

Today is the day after the rain. Most of Pakistan wakes to a cold, dry Sunday: sunshine in Islamabad, fog and smog in Lahore, warmth and a chance of drizzle in Karachi, and cold, dry air across the north. The only place where rain is still on the cards is Kashmir and the adjoining hills, where isolated showers and thunderstorms may occur. The week ahead looks mostly dry until 19 November, according to the PMD’s forward view, with Karachi’s first real winter nip expected just after today. Enjoy the sunshine, dress warm, drive carefully in the fog, and keep an eye on the sky if you are in the hills.

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