Karachi climate
Karachi is warmest in May, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. August is the wettest month (52 mm) and May the driest (0.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Karachi averages 134 mm of rain and 330 days above 25 °C.
Pakistan · population 11,624,219 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month May 34 °C
- Coldest month January 14 °C
- Driest month May 1 mm
- Wettest month August 52 mm
- Least cloud November 12 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 43 °C
- Coldest on record February 7.7 °C
- Warmest sea June 30 °C
What to expectKarachi through the year
Karachi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 34 °C in May, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 330 days a year reach 25 °C, 220 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 52 mm against 1 mm in May — 79 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Karachi is warmest in June at 30 °C and coldest in February at 23 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4 °C | 5 mm | 19 % |
| February | 26.5 °C | 5 mm | 18 % |
| March | 30.1 °C | 3 mm | 23 % |
| April | 32.9 °C | 1 mm | 21 % |
| May | 33.8 °C | 1 mm | 19 % |
| June | 33.4 °C | 8 mm | 38 % |
| July | 31.7 °C | 41 mm | 69 % |
| August | 30.5 °C | 52 mm | 67 % |
| September | 31.1 °C | 11 mm | 40 % |
| October | 33.0 °C | 3 mm | 13 % |
| November | 30.3 °C | 2 mm | 12 % |
| December | 26.3 °C | 3 mm | 17 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4 °C | 14.3 °C | 19.4 °C | 29.6 °C | 8.0 °C | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 26.5 °C | 16.2 °C | 21.4 °C | 33.8 °C | 7.7 °C | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| March | 30.1 °C | 19.9 °C | 24.8 °C | 38.6 °C | 11.8 °C | 30 | 15 | 0 |
| April | 32.9 °C | 23.5 °C | 27.8 °C | 40.8 °C | 17.2 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| May | 33.8 °C | 26.4 °C | 29.6 °C | 42.5 °C | 19.9 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| June | 33.4 °C | 27.8 °C | 30.2 °C | 43.2 °C | 24.8 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| July | 31.7 °C | 27.4 °C | 29.2 °C | 37.5 °C | 25.2 °C | 31 | 27 | 0 |
| August | 30.5 °C | 26.4 °C | 28.1 °C | 39.1 °C | 24.1 °C | 31 | 19 | 0 |
| September | 31.1 °C | 25.7 °C | 28.0 °C | 40.5 °C | 21.4 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| October | 33.0 °C | 23.6 °C | 28.0 °C | 40.6 °C | 18.5 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| November | 30.3 °C | 19.8 °C | 25.0 °C | 35.7 °C | 13.4 °C | 30 | 17 | 0 |
| December | 26.3 °C | 15.7 °C | 20.9 °C | 31.6 °C | 8.9 °C | 23 | 1 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 19 % | 55 % | 18 km/h | 23.0 °C |
| February | 5 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 18 % | 57 % | 20 km/h | 22.9 °C |
| March | 3 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 23 % | 61 % | 23 km/h | 24.4 °C |
| April | 1 mm | 0 | 13 h/day | 21 % | 65 % | 26 km/h | 26.5 °C |
| May | 1 mm | 0 | 13 h/day | 19 % | 72 % | 29 km/h | 28.5 °C |
| June | 8 mm | 1 | 14 h/day | 38 % | 75 % | 29 km/h | 29.5 °C |
| July | 41 mm | 4 | 14 h/day | 69 % | 78 % | 28 km/h | 29.1 °C |
| August | 52 mm | 4 | 13 h/day | 67 % | 80 % | 26 km/h | 28.1 °C |
| September | 11 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 40 % | 76 % | 24 km/h | 27.7 °C |
| October | 3 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 13 % | 66 % | 20 km/h | 27.8 °C |
| November | 2 mm | 0 | 11 h/day | 12 % | 57 % | 18 km/h | 26.6 °C |
| December | 3 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 17 % | 54 % | 17 km/h | 24.6 °C |
How Karachi compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karachi | 34 °C | 14 °C | 134 mm | 330 |
| Hyderabad · Pakistan | 41 °C | 11 °C | 177 mm | 326 |
| Arif Wala · Pakistan | 41 °C | 9.7 °C | 120 mm | 325 |
| Tando Bago · Pakistan | 40 °C | 11 °C | 230 mm | 339 |
| Nawabshah · Pakistan | 43 °C | 9.6 °C | 165 mm | 316 |
| Dadu · Pakistan | 44 °C | 9.7 °C | 204 mm | 308 |
| Sinjhoro · Pakistan | 42 °C | 10 °C | 169 mm | 322 |
Where Karachi ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Best beach destinations in Asia year-round | 2nd of 50 | 90/100 |
| Best beach destinations in the world year-round | 8th of 50 | 90/100 |
| Places with the best weather in Asia in January | 11th of 50 | 96/100 |
| The driest places in Asia in April | 11th of 50 | 0.7 mm |
| Best beach destinations in Asia in December | 13th of 50 | 99/100 |
| Best beach destinations in Asia in March | 13th of 50 | 96/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Karachi.
QuestionsCommon questions about Karachi’s climate
When is the best time to visit Karachi?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and May the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Karachi get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 220 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 14 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Karachi?
August, averaging 52 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is May with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 134 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Karachi rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 24.861°, 67.010° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.