Quetta climate — normals and trends
Quetta (Pakistan) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 314 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 (26.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.
Quetta averages 50 frost days, 88 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 51 rainy days per year.
Quetta has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 60 to 40 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 9 June 2021) and the coldest -18.3 °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
QuettaBalochistan
- coords
- 30.18°, 67.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.7°C
Average daily high
21.4°C
Average daily low
10.0°C
Annual rainfall
314mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
41%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
50 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
88 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
51 d/yr
Annual snowfall
31.6 cm
Average feels-like high
19.1 °C
Average feels-like low
7.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
43 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
39.1 °C
9 June 2021
Coldest day
-18.3 °C
10 January 1945
Wettest day
100 mm
4 July 1978
Windiest day
30.3 km/h
22 March 1946
Strongest gust
90.7 km/h
17 March 1985
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
24 June 2023
Coldest feels-like
-22.2 °C
10 January 1945
Snowiest day
22.1 cm
20 February 1994
Sunniest day
13.0 h
21 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 | 9.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 39 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 12.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 62 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 17.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 13 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 27.6 °C | +5.6 °C | 1 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 31.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 33.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 6 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 20 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 32.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 14 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 30.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 2 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 24.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 16.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 14.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 27 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Quetta?
Quetta has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 314 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quetta?
The hottest day measured in Quetta between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2021, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Quetta?
The coldest day measured in Quetta between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1945, at -18.3 °C.
Does it snow in Quetta?
Yes. Quetta gets on average 31.6 cm of snow per year and has around 50 frost days.
Has the climate of Quetta warmed?
Yes: Quetta warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Quetta?
The wettest day measured in Quetta between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1978, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Quetta?
The windiest day measured in Quetta between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1946, with winds reaching 30.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Quetta?
The warmest month in Quetta is July (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Quetta?
Quetta receives on average 314 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 51 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Quetta?
Quetta gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Quetta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Quetta between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1994, with 22.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Quetta?
Yes: Quetta has on average 43 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quetta?
In Quetta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 24 June 2023, and the lowest was -22.2 °C on 10 January 1945.
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