Quetta climate

Name: Quetta
Address: PK

Quetta is warmest in July, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.9 °C. February is the wettest month (56 mm) and October the driest (4.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Quetta averages 287 mm of rain, 173 days above 25 °C and 24 days below freezing.

Pakistan · population 1,565,546 · 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 July 34 °C
Coldest month January 0.9 °C
Driest month October 4 mm
Wettest month February 56 mm
Least cloud October 5 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January -11 °C

What to expectQuetta through the year

Quetta has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.6 °C in January to 34 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 173 days a year reach 25 °C, 112 of them reach 30 °C, 24 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 56 mm against 4 mm in October — 14 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.6 °C	49 mm	36 %
February	11.8 °C	56 mm	37 %
March	17.2 °C	47 mm	36 %
April	23.9 °C	26 mm	28 %
May	29.7 °C	8 mm	15 %
June	33.4 °C	9 mm	8 %
July	33.5 °C	28 mm	23 %
August	32.2 °C	20 mm	24 %
September	29.4 °C	8 mm	7 %
October	23.6 °C	4 mm	5 %
November	17.3 °C	10 mm	17 %
December	12.7 °C	22 mm	24 %

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	9.6 °C	0.9 °C	5.2 °C	20.2 °C	-11.2 °C	0	0	11
February	11.8 °C	2.6 °C	7.2 °C	23.1 °C	-10.0 °C	0	0	7
March	17.2 °C	7.6 °C	12.5 °C	28.6 °C	-5.0 °C	1	0	1
April	23.9 °C	13.6 °C	19.0 °C	33.6 °C	-0.2 °C	13	2	0
May	29.7 °C	19.0 °C	24.7 °C	37.0 °C	7.5 °C	28	15	0
June	33.4 °C	21.2 °C	27.8 °C	38.7 °C	14.3 °C	30	27	0
July	33.5 °C	21.5 °C	27.8 °C	38.9 °C	17.2 °C	31	28	0
August	32.2 °C	20.5 °C	26.6 °C	38.8 °C	15.8 °C	31	26	0
September	29.4 °C	18.0 °C	23.8 °C	35.8 °C	8.7 °C	29	13	0
October	23.6 °C	13.6 °C	18.6 °C	31.1 °C	5.6 °C	10	1	0
November	17.3 °C	8.0 °C	12.5 °C	26.9 °C	-4.5 °C	0	0	0
December	12.7 °C	3.8 °C	8.0 °C	22.9 °C	-9.8 °C	0	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	49 mm	6	10 h/day	36 %	59 %	9.6 km/h
February	56 mm	7	11 h/day	37 %	59 %	11 km/h
March	47 mm	8	12 h/day	36 %	50 %	13 km/h
April	26 mm	5	13 h/day	28 %	35 %	13 km/h
May	8 mm	2	14 h/day	15 %	22 %	15 km/h
June	9 mm	2	14 h/day	8 %	26 %	13 km/h
July	28 mm	5	14 h/day	23 %	43 %	11 km/h
August	20 mm	4	13 h/day	24 %	42 %	10.0 km/h
September	8 mm	1	12 h/day	7 %	27 %	11 km/h
October	4 mm	1	11 h/day	5 %	25 %	11 km/h
November	10 mm	2	11 h/day	17 %	38 %	9.7 km/h
December	22 mm	3	10 h/day	24 %	46 %	9.0 km/h

How Quetta 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
Quetta	34 °C	0.9 °C	287 mm	173
Kandahār · Afghanistan	40 °C	-0.1 °C	190 mm	207
Jacobabad · Pakistan	43 °C	9.0 °C	172 mm	297
Garhi Khairo · Pakistan	44 °C	8.9 °C	181 mm	299
Khuzdar · Pakistan	37 °C	2.1 °C	161 mm	234
Sukkur · Pakistan	43 °C	9.3 °C	150 mm	301

Where Quetta ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	5thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in April	10thof 50	97/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Quetta.

QuestionsCommon questions about Quetta’s climate

When is the best time to visit Quetta?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and October the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Quetta get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 112 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 24 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Quetta?

February, averaging 56 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is October with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 287 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 Quetta 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
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.