See the ISS from Islamabad, Pakistan

The International Space Station is visible from Islamabad 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 05:09 (very bright, 70° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
05:09–05:13
Very bright
mag -3.8
Appears WNW, 47° up
Highest 70° up in the SW
Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:24–04:25
Fairly bright
mag -1.6
Appears ESE, 25° up
Highest 25° up in the ESE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
05:12–05:13
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears SSW, 17° up
Highest 17° up in the SSW
Disappears S, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
18:37–18:38
Fairly bright
mag -1.9
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 20° up in the SSE
Disappears SSE, 20° up
Mon 9 Nov
17:50–17:53
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 13° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 11° up
Mon 9 Nov
19:25–19:26
Fairly bright
mag -1.0
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the WSW
Disappears WSW, 17° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:37–18:41
Very bright
mag -3.8
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 84° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 76° up
Wed 11 Nov
17:50–17:56
Very bright
mag -3.4
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 47° up in the SE
Disappears ENE, 15° up
Wed 11 Nov
19:28–19:29
Faint
mag -0.7
Appears WNW, 10° up
Highest 13° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 13° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:39–18:43
Fairly bright
mag -1.9
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 25° up in the NW
Disappears N, 22° up

Times are local to Islamabad (Asia/Karachi). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Islamabad: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

How to spot it

Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.

Other cities in Pakistan

Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.