Quetta weather in March

In March, Quetta sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 8.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Quetta's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quetta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 48 mm; 8.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:48 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; 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.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical March day in Quetta reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	3
2	13	3
3	14	3
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	15	4
9	15	4
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	16	5
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	18	7
23	18	7
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	20	9

How March really feels in Quetta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Quetta weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

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

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	74	74	74	74	76
Cloudier (%)	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	26	26	26	26	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Quetta gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 8.3 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20
Snow chance (%)	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	6
2	27	5
3	27	5
4	27	5
5	27	4
6	27	4
7	27	3
8	27	3
9	27	3
10	27	2
11	27	2
12	27	2
13	27	1
14	28	1
15	28	1
16	28	1
17	29	1
18	29	1
19	29	0
20	28	0
21	28	0
22	28	0
23	27	0
24	26	0
25	25	0
26	25	0
27	24	0
28	23	0
29	22	0
30	21	0
31	20	0

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:06 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:44 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:06	6:25
2	11.3	7:05	6:25
3	11.4	7:04	6:26
4	11.4	7:03	6:27
5	11.4	7:01	6:27
6	11.5	7:00	6:28
7	11.5	6:59	6:29
8	11.5	6:58	6:30
9	11.6	6:57	6:30
10	11.6	6:56	6:31
11	11.6	6:54	6:32
12	11.6	6:53	6:32
13	11.7	6:52	6:33
14	11.7	6:51	6:34
15	11.7	6:50	6:34
16	11.8	6:48	6:35
17	11.8	6:47	6:35
18	11.8	6:46	6:36
19	11.9	6:45	6:37
20	11.9	6:44	6:37
21	11.9	6:42	6:38
22	12.0	6:41	6:39
23	12.0	6:40	6:39
24	12.0	6:39	6:40
25	12.1	6:37	6:41
26	12.1	6:36	6:41
27	12.1	6:35	6:42
28	12.1	6:33	6:42
29	12.2	6:32	6:43
30	12.2	6:31	6:44
31	12.2	6:30	6:44

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.92 kWh/m².

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 — March's 5.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.5	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.6	Intense
31	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Quetta

In seasonPeak

None of Quetta's seasonal hazards are active in March. 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

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Quetta?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Quetta for sightseeing.

What to pack for Quetta in March

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

In March, Quetta sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Quetta in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). 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.

	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

Air quality in Quetta in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March 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).

	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

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.

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

artificial surfaces 84%

16 km

1,619 m

bare terrain 64%

80 km

3,240 m

bare terrain 81%

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← February Quetta year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March 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

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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	3
2	13	3
3	14	3
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	15	4
9	15	4
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	16	5
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	18	7
23	18	7
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	6
2	27	5
3	27	5
4	27	5
5	27	4
6	27	4
7	27	3
8	27	3
9	27	3
10	27	2
11	27	2
12	27	2
13	27	1
14	28	1
15	28	1
16	28	1
17	29	1
18	29	1
19	29	0
20	28	0
21	28	0
22	28	0
23	27	0
24	26	0
25	25	0
26	25	0
27	24	0
28	23	0
29	22	0
30	21	0
31	20	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	3
2	13	3
3	14	3
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	15	4
9	15	4
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	16	5
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	18	7
23	18	7
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	6
2	27	5
3	27	5
4	27	5
5	27	4
6	27	4
7	27	3
8	27	3
9	27	3
10	27	2
11	27	2
12	27	2
13	27	1
14	28	1
15	28	1
16	28	1
17	29	1
18	29	1
19	29	0
20	28	0
21	28	0
22	28	0
23	27	0
24	26	0
25	25	0
26	25	0
27	24	0
28	23	0
29	22	0
30	21	0
31	20	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	3
2	13	3
3	14	3
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	15	4
9	15	4
10	15	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	16	5
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	18	7
23	18	7
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	6
2	27	5
3	27	5
4	27	5
5	27	4
6	27	4
7	27	3
8	27	3
9	27	3
10	27	2
11	27	2
12	27	2
13	27	1
14	28	1
15	28	1
16	28	1
17	29	1
18	29	1
19	29	0
20	28	0
21	28	0
22	28	0
23	27	0
24	26	0
25	25	0
26	25	0
27	24	0
28	23	0
29	22	0
30	21	0
31	20	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100