Karachi weather in August

In August, Karachi sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 42 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Karachi's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Karachi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
27°
9th coldest
Rainfall
42 mm
3.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:10 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
65%
12th clearest
Wind
22 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Karachi is provincial capital of Sindh, Pakistan.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 44.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
3,296/km²
people per km²
Founded
1729

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Karachi reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Karachi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Karachi weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 17°4110.69.3
Feb25° / 18°40.711.19.2
Mar28° / 22°20.511.88.0
Apr31° / 25°10.112.66.3
May32° / 27°00.113.25.5
Jun32° / 29°60.813.55.1
Jul31° / 28°423.613.45.1
Aug30° / 27°423.112.95.8
Sep30° / 27°111.512.26.2
Oct31° / 25°20.511.46.1
Nov29° / 22°30.210.87.6
Dec25° / 18°30.410.59.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Karachi gets around 42 mm of rain over 3.1 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 10% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 22 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 6:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.26:037:13
213.26:037:13
313.16:047:12
413.16:047:11
513.16:057:11
613.16:057:10
713.16:067:09
813.06:067:09
913.06:077:08
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 7.36 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Karachi

In seasonPeak

In August, Karachi sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Karachi sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Karachi sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Cyclone
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Karachi?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Karachi for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Karachi in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Karachi sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection and a windbreaker. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Karachi in August

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in February near 23°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan23Refreshing
Feb23Refreshing
Mar24Warm
Apr27Warm
May29Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Warm
Oct28Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index in Karachi in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Karachi peaks around May 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateMay 18UV 11Dec 19UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb7High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Karachi in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Karachi is worst in January — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (September, 30 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Karachi's WHO annual average of 44.3 µg/m³.

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 1063 µg/m³Sep 1531 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan63Unhealthy
Feb54Poor
Mar40Poor
Apr32Moderate
May34Moderate
Jun45Poor
Jul42Poor
Aug35Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct37Poor
Nov57Unhealthy
Dec62Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Karachi?

Karachi sits at 24.9°N, 67.0°E, 8 m above sea level, in Pakistan. The nearest listed city is Jaisalmer, 452 km away.

JaisalmerJālqSarāvānPīshīnQuettaJodhpurChabaharQaşr-e Qand

Topography around Karachi

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Karachi.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Karachi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,057 m.

The land around Karachi is covered by artificial surfaces (83%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (43%) and water (30%) within 16 km, and water (41%) and bare terrain (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
171 m
80 km
1,057 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
August weather nearby: Jaisalmer 452 km · Jālq 526 km · Sarāvān 544 km · Pīshīn 545 km · Quetta 592 km · Jodhpur 621 km · Chabahar 643 km · Qaşr-e Qand 646 km

Pakistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 24% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,596
2025
Happiness
4.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
45%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
4.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
13
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 493
Religion
Muslim 96%Hindu 2%Christian 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Karachi (24.8608°, 67.0104°, elevation 8 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).