In contrast to more southerly valleys of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chitral
has a dry Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa)
with almost no rainfall during the very hot summers. Precipitation occurs
mainly from spring thunderstorms brought about by western frontal systems. In
the winter the night time temperature occasionally drops to −10 C. Winter
snowfall in the town can be quite heavy with an accumulation of up to two feet
being quite common, at higher elevations snowfall can reach as high as 20
metres (70 ft)
