Kalat climate — normals and trends
Kalat (Pakistan) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 182 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Kalat averages 56 frost days, 78 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 31 rainy days per year.
Kalat has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 66 to 46 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 9 June 2021) and the coldest -21.4 °C (on 10 January 1945).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
KalatBalochistan
- coords
- 29.03°, 66.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.1°C
Average daily high
21.4°C
Average daily low
9.1°C
Annual rainfall
182mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
38%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
22.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
56 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
78 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
31 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.1 cm
Average feels-like high
18.2 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
20 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
37.7 °C
9 June 2021
Coldest day
-21.4 °C
10 January 1945
Wettest day
96 mm
25 August 2022
Windiest day
44.0 km/h
21 March 1966
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
4 March 2012
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
4 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-25.6 °C
10 January 1945
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
13 February 1983
Sunniest day
13.0 h
24 April 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 5 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 13.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 48 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 18.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 3 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 27.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 1 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 30.7 °C | +3.3 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 32.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 3 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 32.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 15 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 31.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 30.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 23.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 16.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 14.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 12 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kalat?
Kalat has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 182 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kalat?
The hottest day measured in Kalat between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2021, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kalat?
The coldest day measured in Kalat between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1945, at -21.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kalat?
Yes. Kalat gets on average 10.1 cm of snow per year and has around 56 frost days.
Has the climate of Kalat warmed?
Yes: Kalat warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kalat?
The wettest day measured in Kalat between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2022, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kalat?
The windiest day measured in Kalat between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1966, with winds reaching 44.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kalat?
The warmest month in Kalat is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kalat?
Kalat receives on average 182 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 31 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kalat?
Kalat gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kalat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kalat between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1983, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kalat?
Yes: Kalat has on average 20 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kalat?
In Kalat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 4 July 2024, and the lowest was -25.6 °C on 10 January 1945.
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