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Where to stay in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
This guide covers 23 destinations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a first-level administrative division of Pakistan, with 5 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Peshawar, Parachinar and Kabal. Across its destinations, November is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW).
- Destinations in this guide
- 23
- Places to stay
- 5
- Comfortable in the most places
- November
- Main airport
- PEWBacha Khan International Airport
- Currency
- PKRPakistani rupee
- Time zone
- Asia/Karachi
Destinations
Destinations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Every destination in this guide in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peshawar | 1,970,042 | 3 | PEW · 5 km |
| Abbottabad | 148,587 | 1 | ISB · 76 km |
| Saidu Sharif | 65,000 | 1 | PEW · 114 km |
| Parachinar | 700,000 | KHT · 74 km | |
| Kabal | 420,374 | PEW · 113 km | |
| Mardan | 363,788 | PEW · 54 km | |
| Mingora | 279,914 | PEW · 116 km | |
| Pattan Tehsil | 202,933 | CJL · 139 km | |
| Kohat | 170,800 | PEW · 45 km | |
| Ghoriwala | 154,773 | KHT · 96 km | |
| Ghazi Tehsil | 145,367 | ISB · 53 km | |
| Nowshera | 118,594 | PEW · 43 km | |
| Barikot | 115,045 | PEW · 100 km | |
| Swabi | 115,018 | ISB · 71 km | |
| Dera Ismail Khan | 109,686 | PZH · 147 km | |
| Charsadda | 105,414 | PEW · 26 km | |
| Bahrain | 102,253 | CJL · 101 km | |
| Shabqadar | 79,029 | PEW · 25 km | |
| Lakki Marwat | 70,759 | PEW · 111 km | |
| Mansehra | 69,085 | ISB · 94 km | |
| Bannu | 62,191 | KHT · 81 km | |
| Timergara | 58,050 | PEW · 98 km | |
| Batkhela | 50,688 | PEW · 81 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
5 hotels in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Continental Hotels | Peshawar | |
| Hotel One Abbottabad | Abbottabad | |
| Pearl Continental Hotel | Peshawar | |
| Shelton's Rezidor | Peshawar | |
| Swat Serena Hotel | Saidu Sharif |
When to go
Best time to visit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
From the climate of 23 destinations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: November.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 of 23 | 16 °C | 62 mm |
| February | 8 of 23 | 17 °C | 94 mm |
| March | 8 of 23 | 22 °C | 86 mm |
| April | 0 of 23 | 28 °C | 85 mm |
| May | 4 of 23 | 33 °C | 55 mm |
| June | 2 of 23 | 37 °C | 49 mm |
| July | 2 of 23 | 35 °C | 102 mm |
| August | 3 of 23 | 34 °C | 114 mm |
| September | 3 of 23 | 33 °C | 60 mm |
| October | 9 of 23 | 29 °C | 23 mm |
| November | 20 of 23 | 23 °C | 28 mm |
| December | 12 of 23 | 18 °C | 29 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
PEW · Bacha Khan International Airport
ISB · Islamabad International Airport
KHT · Khost International Airport
CJL · Chitral Airport
PZH · Zhob Airport
SXR · Srinagar International Airport
KBL · Kabul International Airport
GIL · Gilgit Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
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Nearby
Regions near Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Other regions of Pakistan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.