Editing Gilgit (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Mount hunza.jpg|thumb|Gilgit is situated amongst some of the world's most dramatic mountain scenery]]
[[File:City Park Gilgit.jpg|thumb|right|CAA Park Gilgit]]
[[File:Jama Masjid Raja Bazar Gilgit.jpg|thumb|right|Jama Mosque located in Raja Bazar Road Gilgit]]
Gilgit is situated in a valley formed by the confluence of the [[Indus River]], [[Hunza River]], [[Astore River]] and [[Gilgit River]].

=== Climate ===
Gilgit experiences a [[desert climate|cold desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''BWk''). Weather conditions for Gilgit are dominated by its geographical location, a valley in a mountainous area, southwest of [[Karakoram]] range.

Gilgit lacks significant rainfall, averaging in {{convert|120|to|240|mm|abbr=on}} annually, as [[monsoon]] breaks against the southern range of [[Himalayas]]. Irrigation for land cultivation is obtained from the rivers, abundant with melting snow water from higher altitudes.

The summer season is brief and hot, with daily high temperatures occasionally peaking at over {{convert|40|C|abbr=on}}. As a result of this extremity in the weather, landslides and avalanches are frequent in the area.{{dubious|date=July 2019}}<ref>{{cite web
|author=Alam Zaib
|title=Somethings about Gilgit
|url=http://gilgitoshikhandas.6te.net/gilgit.html
|location=Karachi, Pakistan
|access-date=11 June 2009
}}</ref>
{{Weather box
|width = auto
|location = Gilgit
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 17.5
|Feb record high C = 22.0
|Mar record high C = 29.4
|Apr record high C = 37.2
|May record high C = 41.5
|Jun record high C = 43.5
|Jul record high C = 46.3
|Aug record high C = 43.8
|Sep record high C = 41.6
|Oct record high C = 36.0
|Nov record high C = 28.0
|Dec record high C = 24.5
|year record high C = 46.3
|Jan high C = 9.6
|Feb high C = 12.6
|Mar high C = 18.4
|Apr high C = 24.2
|May high C = 29.0
|Jun high C = 34.2
|Jul high C = 36.2
|Aug high C = 35.3
|Sep high C = 31.8
|Oct high C = 25.6
|Nov high C = 18.4
|Dec high C = 11.6
|Jan low C = -2.7
|Feb low C = 0.4
|Mar low C = 5.4
|Apr low C = 9.2
|May low C = 11.8
|Jun low C = 14.9
|Jul low C = 18.2
|Aug low C = 17.5
|Sep low C = 12.4
|Oct low C = 6.3
|Nov low C = 0.4
|Dec low C = -2.3
|Jan record low C = -10.0
|Feb record low C = -8.9
|Mar record low C = -3.0
|Apr record low C = 1.1
|May record low C = 3.9
|Jun record low C = 5.1
|Jul record low C = 10.0
|Aug record low C = 9.8
|Sep record low C = 3.0
|Oct record low C = -2.5
|Nov record low C = -8.5
|Dec record low C = -11.1
|year record low C = −11.1
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 4.6
|Feb rain mm = 6.7
|Mar rain mm = 11.8
|Apr rain mm = 24.4
|May rain mm = 25.1
|Jun rain mm = 8.9
|Jul rain mm = 14.6
|Aug rain mm = 14.9
|Sep rain mm = 8.1
|Oct rain mm = 6.3
|Nov rain mm = 2.4
|Dec rain mm = 5.1
|year rain mm = 107.8
|time day = 17:00 [[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]]
|Jan humidity = 51.3
|Feb humidity = 34.6
|Mar humidity = 26.7
|Apr humidity = 27.6
|May humidity = 26.6
|Jun humidity = 23.7
|Jul humidity = 29.8
|Aug humidity = 36.8
|Sep humidity = 36.7
|Oct humidity = 42.2
|Nov humidity = 49.1
|Dec humidity = 55.0
|year humidity = 36.7
|source 1 = Pakistan Meteorological Department<ref name=PMD>{{cite web|url=http://www.pakmet.com.pk/cdpc/Climate/Gilgit_Climate_Data.txt |title=Gilgit Climate Data |publisher=Pakistan Meteorological Department |access-date=11 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613053213/http://www.pakmet.com.pk/cdpc/Climate/Gilgit_Climate_Data.txt |archive-date=13 June 2010 }}</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}

=== Climate Change Effects ===
{{Main|2022 Gilgit-Baltistan floods}}
Climate change has adversely effected this region with more rains every year. On 26 August 2022, most villages in Ghizer district and Hunza were severely effected by the ongoing flooding displacing many people.