Quetta weather in December

In December, Quetta sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 22 mm of precipitation across 3.1 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of December to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Quetta's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quetta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
10th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
22 mm
3.1 wet days
Daylight
10 h 06 min
7:26 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover
23%
8th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
3.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

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.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical December day in Quetta reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 3°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1143
2142
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How December really feels in Quetta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 8 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
8
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Quetta weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°506.43.610.32.1
Feb11° / 557.13.110.93.0
Mar16° / 488.30.511.85.7
Apr23° / 12°265.3012.77.9
May28° / 17°92.5013.57.5
Jun32° / 20°102.3013.95.2
Jul33° / 20°306.4013.74.4
Aug31° / 19°234.9013.15.4
Sep28° / 16°81.6012.27.9
Oct23° / 10°40.6011.39.3
Nov17° / 92.1010.56.9
Dec12° / 223.1110.14.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18812
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68614
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Quetta gets around 22 mm of rain and snow over 3.1 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 10% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
171
271
371
481
582
682
792
893
9103
10103
11103
12113
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31125

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 4 km/h in December, the calmest month.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of December to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:16 AM to 7:33 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.27:165:28
210.27:175:28
310.27:175:28
410.27:185:28
510.17:195:28
610.17:205:28
710.17:205:28
810.17:215:28
910.17:225:28
1010.17:225:28
1110.17:235:29
1210.17:245:29
1310.17:245:29
1410.17:255:29
1510.17:265:30
1610.17:265:30
1710.17:275:30
1810.17:275:31
1910.17:285:31
2010.17:285:32
2110.17:295:32
2210.17:295:33
2310.17:305:33
2410.17:305:34
2510.17:315:34
2610.17:315:35
2710.17:315:35
2810.17:325:36
2910.17:325:36
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3110.17:335:38

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.77 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.77 kWh/m² to a high of 8.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 3.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
24.0Moderate
33.9Moderate
43.9Moderate
53.9Moderate
63.9Moderate
73.8Moderate
83.8Moderate
93.8Moderate
103.8Moderate
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283.7Moderate
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303.7Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Quetta

In seasonPeak

None of Quetta's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Quetta sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

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

Is December a good time to visit Quetta?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Quetta for sightseeing.

What to pack for Quetta in December

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

In December, Quetta sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Quetta in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 17UV 12Dec 22UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb7High
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Quetta in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJul 2034 µg/m³Nov 1525 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul35Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec28Moderate
Location & terrain

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.

KandahārGereshkLashkar GāhKhān NeshīnGhazniNīlīKhāshMultan

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.

3 km
366 m
16 km
1,619 m
80 km
3,240 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Kandahār 201 km · Gereshk 295 km · Lashkar Gāh 296 km · Khān Neshīn 311 km · Ghazni 398 km · Nīlī 402 km · Khāsh 429 km · Multan 430 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 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).