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Coordinates: 35°16′16″N 73°13′24″E / 35.27111°N 73.22333°E / 35.27111; 73.22333
For the village in Gilgit–Baltistan, see Dassu, Gilgit–Baltistan.
Dasu
داسو
Dassu
District Headquarter
Indus River between Dasu and Komila, with Karakoram Highway in the middle
Indus River between Dasu and Komila, with Karakoram Highway in the middle
Dasu is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Dasu
Dasu
Location within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Dasu is located in Pakistan
Dasu
Dasu
Location within Pakistan
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Coordinates: 35°16′16″N 73°13′24″E / 35.27111°N 73.22333°E / 35.27111; 73.22333
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictUpper Kohistan
TehsilDassu Tehsil
Elevation
841 m (2,759 ft)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • City
2,372
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

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.

Climate

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[2]

See also

  • Dasu Dam
  • Dasu bus attack

References

  1. ↑ "Block Wise Provisional Summary Results of 6th Population & Housing Census-2017 [As on January 03, 2018]". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Climate: Dasu - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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