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Dasu

District Headquarter in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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Dasu or Dassu (Shina and Urdu: داسو) is the district headquarters of the Upper Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It had fifteen union councils before the Kandia Valley was separated.

01Climate

With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Dasu features a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Dasu is 19.5 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 648 mm. Even in the driest months, there is a lot of precipitation. November is the driest month with 13 mm of precipitation, while July, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 93 mm.

July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 29.4 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 7.7 °C.

Climate data for Dasu
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 13.0
(55.4)
15.7
(60.3)
20.8
(69.4)
26.0
(78.8)
31.4
(88.5)
36.6
(97.9)
36.0
(96.8)
34.7
(94.5)
32.6
(90.7)
27.9
(82.2)
22.0
(71.6)
15.3
(59.5)
26.0
(78.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 7.7
(45.9)
10.1
(50.2)
14.7
(58.5)
19.6
(67.3)
24.4
(75.9)
29.1
(84.4)
29.4
(84.9)
28.5
(83.3)
25.7
(78.3)
20.3
(68.5)
14.7
(58.5)
9.5
(49.1)
19.5
(67.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 2.5
(36.5)
4.6
(40.3)
8.7
(47.7)
13.3
(55.9)
17.4
(63.3)
21.7
(71.1)
22.9
(73.2)
22.3
(72.1)
18.8
(65.8)
12.8
(55.0)
7.5
(45.5)
3.7
(38.7)
13.0
(55.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org
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