Climate guideThirty-year normals for Quetta
Quetta climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing22°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation317 mm34 wet days a year
30.18° N, 67.00° EElevation 1,683 mUTC+5 · Pakistan Standard Time
When to goQuetta · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low23° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Quetta has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 33° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 9° and lows of 0°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 22°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 317 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (49 mm, 5 wet days) and October the driest (7 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 2% in October to 23% in January.
Compared with Islamabad, the capital, Quetta is 3.5° cooler on a June afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · June
- Coldest nights
- 0° · January
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- October
- Clearest skies
- October · 2% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 05 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 13 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 9° | 11° | 16° | 23° | 29° | 33° | 33° | 31° | 29° | 23° | 17° | 12° |
| Average low | 0° | 1° | 6° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 21° | 20° | 16° | 11° | 7° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 52 mm | 52 mm | 49 mm | 28 mm | 12 mm | 8 mm | 37 mm | 23 mm | 5 mm | 7 mm | 9 mm | 35 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3 | 1.6 | 2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.7 |
| Cloud cover | 23% | 23% | 23% | 16% | 8% | 4% | 13% | 14% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 17% |
| Daylight | 10h 24 | 11h 07 | 11h 57 | 12h 53 | 13h 40 | 14h 05 | 13h 55 | 13h 16 | 12h 22 | 11h 28 | 10h 39 | 10h 13 |
| Month score | 49 | 53 | 80 | 93 | 80 | 63 | 59 | 65 | 81 | 99 | 92 | 66 |
ivMonth by month
Quetta in every month
January49
9° / 0°
52 mm · 3.9 wet days
February53
11° / 1°
52 mm · 4.7 wet days
March80
16° / 6°
49 mm · 4.9 wet days
April93
23° / 12°
28 mm · 3 wet days
May80
29° / 17°
12 mm · 1.6 wet days
June63
33° / 20°
8 mm · 2 wet days
July59
33° / 21°
37 mm · 3.9 wet days
August65
31° / 20°
23 mm · 3.8 wet days
September81
29° / 16°
5 mm · 1.7 wet days
October99
23° / 11°
7 mm · 0.5 wet day
November92
17° / 7°
9 mm · 2 wet days
December66
12° / 2°
35 mm · 1.7 wet days