Climate and average weather in Quetta
In Quetta, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Quetta typically varies from -1°C to 33°C, and is rarely below -6°C or above 36°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Quetta for warm-weather activities are from mid April to mid May and mid September to early November.
- Hottest
- Jul
- 33°
- Coldest
- Jan
- -1°
- Wettest
- Feb
- 55 mm
- Driest
- Oct
- 4 mm
- Rain / yr
- 296 mm
- 51 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.1–13.9 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 1,683 m
- 30.2°N
- Clearest
- Oct
- 6% cloud
Quetta is capital of Balochistan Province, Pakistan.
- Density
- 5,901/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1876
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Quetta weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid September to early November.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Quetta, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.7 months, from May 6 to September 25, with daily high temperatures above 27°C. The hottest month of the year in Quetta is July, with an average high of 33°C and low of 20°C.
The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from December 5 to March 2, with daily high temperatures below 13°C. The coldest month of the year in Quetta is January, with an average low of -1°C and high of 9°C.
Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 9 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 12 |
| Avg low (°C) | -1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | -1 |
| Feb | 11 | 1 |
| Mar | 16 | 6 |
| Apr | 23 | 12 |
| May | 28 | 17 |
| Jun | 32 | 20 |
| Jul | 33 | 20 |
| Aug | 31 | 19 |
| Sep | 28 | 16 |
| Oct | 23 | 10 |
| Nov | 17 | 5 |
| Dec | 12 | 1 |
How hot and cold Quetta really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Quetta feels like about 33°C (around July 2). About 48 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.
On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -3°C (around January 14), with roughly 58 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 9 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 12 |
| Air high (°C) | 9 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 12 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | -2 | -1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Air low (°C) | -1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 9 | -2 | -1 |
| Feb | 11 | 11 | -1 | 1 |
| Mar | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 |
| Apr | 23 | 23 | 11 | 12 |
| May | 28 | 28 | 17 | 17 |
| Jun | 32 | 32 | 19 | 20 |
| Jul | 33 | 33 | 20 | 20 |
| Aug | 31 | 31 | 19 | 19 |
| Sep | 28 | 28 | 16 | 16 |
| Oct | 23 | 23 | 10 | 10 |
| Nov | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 |
| Dec | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
Average hourly temperature in Quetta
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -1°C.
Quetta weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9° / -1° | 50 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 10.3 | 2.1 |
| Feb | 11° / 1° | 55 | 7.1 | 3.1 | 10.9 | 3.0 |
| Mar | 16° / 6° | 48 | 8.3 | 0.5 | 11.8 | 5.7 |
| Apr | 23° / 12° | 26 | 5.3 | 0 | 12.7 | 7.9 |
| May | 28° / 17° | 9 | 2.5 | 0 | 13.5 | 7.5 |
| Jun | 32° / 20° | 10 | 2.3 | 0 | 13.9 | 5.2 |
| Jul | 33° / 20° | 30 | 6.4 | 0 | 13.7 | 4.4 |
| Aug | 31° / 19° | 23 | 4.9 | 0 | 13.1 | 5.4 |
| Sep | 28° / 16° | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 12.2 | 7.9 |
| Oct | 23° / 10° | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 11.3 | 9.3 |
| Nov | 17° / 5° | 9 | 2.1 | 0 | 10.5 | 6.9 |
| Dec | 12° / 1° | 22 | 3.1 | 1 | 10.1 | 4.1 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Quetta gets about 296 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 3.8 months, from around Jan 3 to Apr 27, peaking in March at about 28% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 2.
February is the wettest month by volume, with 55 mm over about 7 wet days; October is the driest, with 4 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 21 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| Rain days | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 6 |
| Feb | 26 | 7 |
| Mar | 26 | 8 |
| Apr | 18 | 5 |
| May | 8 | 3 |
| Jun | 8 | 2 |
| Jul | 20 | 6 |
| Aug | 16 | 5 |
| Sep | 5 | 2 |
| Oct | 2 | 1 |
| Nov | 7 | 2 |
| Dec | 10 | 3 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Quetta collects about 296 mm of rain across 51 wet days — roughly 25 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. February is the wettest month with 55 mm, while October is the driest at just 4 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 52% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 50 | 55 | 48 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| Rain days | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Snow days | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 50 | 6 | 4 |
| Feb | 55 | 7 | 3 |
| Mar | 48 | 8 | 1 |
| Apr | 26 | 5 | 0 |
| May | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Jun | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Jul | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| Aug | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| Sep | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec | 22 | 3 | 1 |
Snow in Quetta
Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.
Quetta averages about 8 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Dec 4 to Mar 13 — about 3.3 months.
January is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 19 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 38 cm of snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow days | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Snow days | Snowfall (cm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | 19 |
| Feb | 3 | 14 |
| Mar | 1 | 1 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 1 | 3 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Quetta, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around May 7 and lasts for 2.6 months, ending around July 25. The clearest month is June, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 98% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around December 7 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around May 6. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 31% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 72 | 69 | 71 | 79 | 91 | 98 | 91 | 90 | 98 | 97 | 91 | 83 |
| Cloudier (%) | 28 | 31 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 72 | 28 |
| Feb | 69 | 31 |
| Mar | 71 | 29 |
| Apr | 79 | 21 |
| May | 91 | 9 |
| Jun | 98 | 2 |
| Jul | 91 | 9 |
| Aug | 90 | 10 |
| Sep | 98 | 2 |
| Oct | 97 | 3 |
| Nov | 91 | 9 |
| Dec | 83 | 17 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 6, brings about 13 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 48 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.3 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:34 | 7:19 | 6:48 | 6:10 | 5:43 | 5:34 | 5:44 | 6:03 | 6:21 | 6:39 | 7:04 | 7:26 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:49 | 6:14 | 6:35 | 6:54 | 7:14 | 7:30 | 7:31 | 7:09 | 6:32 | 5:55 | 5:31 | 5:30 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.3 | 7:34 | 5:49 |
| Feb | 10.9 | 7:19 | 6:14 |
| Mar | 11.8 | 6:48 | 6:35 |
| Apr | 12.7 | 6:10 | 6:54 |
| May | 13.5 | 5:43 | 7:14 |
| Jun | 13.9 | 5:34 | 7:30 |
| Jul | 13.7 | 5:44 | 7:31 |
| Aug | 13.1 | 6:03 | 7:09 |
| Sep | 12.2 | 6:21 | 6:32 |
| Oct | 11.3 | 6:39 | 5:55 |
| Nov | 10.5 | 7:04 | 5:31 |
| Dec | 10.1 | 7:26 | 5:30 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Quetta averages about 24 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 17 and 30 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 3.8 months, from around Aug 11 to Dec 3. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 29 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is February, down near 17 sunny days — about 41% fewer than the September peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 19 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 23 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19 | Bright |
| Feb | 16 | Bright |
| Mar | 18 | Bright |
| Apr | 20 | Bright |
| May | 26 | Brilliant |
| Jun | 28 | Brilliant |
| Jul | 25 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 25 | Brilliant |
| Sep | 29 | Brilliant |
| Oct | 29 | Brilliant |
| Nov | 25 | Brilliant |
| Dec | 23 | Bright |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Quetta, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 2.8 months, from around June 19 to September 10. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 15% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 11 to June 18, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 92 | 65 | 76 | 96 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 92 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Jul | 65 | 21 | 13 | 2 |
| Aug | 76 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| Sep | 96 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Quetta is typically calm, near 6 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.6 months, from around Feb 12 to Jul 31. The windiest month is May, averaging about 7 km/h (calm).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 1 to Feb 11, with December the calmest month at about 4 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | calm |
| Feb | 6 | calm |
| Mar | 6 | calm |
| Apr | 7 | calm |
| May | 7 | calm |
| Jun | 7 | calm |
| Jul | 6 | calm |
| Aug | 5 | calm |
| Sep | 5 | calm |
| Oct | 5 | calm |
| Nov | 4 | calm |
| Dec | 4 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Quetta
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Quetta sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.
Best time to visit Quetta
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Quetta throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late October, Quetta is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Quetta for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid April to mid May and again from mid September to early November, with a peak score in the second week of October.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 2.2 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 4.1 |
| Rating | poor | poor | good | ideal | good | fair | fair | fair | ideal | ideal | good | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.2 | poor |
| Feb | 3.1 | poor |
| Mar | 5.7 | good |
| Apr | 7.9 | ideal |
| May | 7.4 | good |
| Jun | 5.2 | fair |
| Jul | 4.4 | fair |
| Aug | 5.4 | fair |
| Sep | 7.9 | ideal |
| Oct | 9.2 | ideal |
| Nov | 6.9 | good |
| Dec | 4.1 | fair |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Quetta for hot-weather activities run from late April to mid July and again from early August to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of September.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Quetta, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 33°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 9°C), pack a warm layer.
In July, Quetta sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Quetta by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Quetta peaks around June 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 4 (moderate).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Level | Moderate | High | Very high | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Moderate | Moderate |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | Moderate |
| Feb | 7 | High |
| Mar | 8 | Very high |
| Apr | 9 | Very high |
| May | 10 | Extreme |
| Jun | 12 | Extreme |
| Jul | 11 | Extreme |
| Aug | 11 | Extreme |
| Sep | 11 | Extreme |
| Oct | 9 | Very high |
| Nov | 5 | Moderate |
| Dec | 4 | Moderate |
Average hourly UV index in Quetta
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 4 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | 0 |
| Feb | 6 | 2 |
| Mar | 7 | 4 |
| Apr | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| May | 8.5 | 6 |
| Jun | 9 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 8.5 | 6 |
| Aug | 8 | 6 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Oct | 6.5 | 4 |
| Nov | 4.5 | 0 |
| Dec | 4 | 0 |
Air quality in Quetta by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Quetta is worst in July — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 28 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 26 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 28 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | Moderate |
| Feb | 30 | Moderate |
| Mar | 29 | Moderate |
| Apr | 31 | Moderate |
| May | 32 | Moderate |
| Jun | 26 | Moderate |
| Jul | 35 | Moderate |
| Aug | 31 | Moderate |
| Sep | 29 | Moderate |
| Oct | 27 | Moderate |
| Nov | 25 | Moderate |
| Dec | 28 | Moderate |
Growing season
The growing season in Quetta typically lasts about 321 days, from around February 7 to December 24 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 8 to November 23.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 37 | 61 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 61 |
| Frost nights | 31 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 31 |
| Feb | 61 | 28 |
| Mar | 95 | 7 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 95 | 8 |
| Dec | 61 | 31 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Quetta banks about 2,702 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 0 | 0 | 45 | 213 | 389 | 474 | 512 | 472 | 360 | 203 | 34 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 45 |
| Apr | 213 |
| May | 389 |
| Jun | 474 |
| Jul | 512 |
| Aug | 472 |
| Sep | 360 |
| Oct | 203 |
| Nov | 34 |
| Dec | 0 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Quetta receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.7 and 8.2 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Mar 20 to Oct 2. The brightest month is June, averaging about 8.0 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 3.8 kWh/m² — roughly 53% less than the June peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Level | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 | Moderate |
| Feb | 4.8 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.9 | Bright |
| Apr | 7.2 | Intense |
| May | 8.0 | Intense |
| Jun | 8.1 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.4 | Intense |
| Aug | 7.0 | Intense |
| Sep | 6.5 | Intense |
| Oct | 5.5 | Bright |
| Nov | 4.4 | Bright |
| Dec | 3.8 | Moderate |
Where is Quetta?
Quetta sits at 30.2°N, 67.0°E, 1,683 m above sea level, in Pakistan. The nearest listed city is Kandahār, 201 km away.
Topography around Quetta
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Quetta.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Quetta has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m around an average of 1,688 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,619 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,240 m.
The land around Quetta is covered by artificial surfaces (84%) within 3 km, bare terrain (64%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (81%) within 80 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
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 Quetta (30.1841°, 67.0014°, elevation 1,683 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. 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).