Taftan climate — normals and trends
Taftan (Pakistan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 62 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 (33.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Taftan averages 14 frost days, 179 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 15 rainy days per year.
Taftan has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.3 °C (on 2 July 2023) and the coldest -10.9 °C (on 5 January 1973).
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
TaftanBalochistan
- coords
- 28.95°, 61.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
21.6°C
Average daily high
28.3°C
Average daily low
14.7°C
Annual rainfall
62mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
28%
Average peak wind
18.6km/h
Seasonal range
24.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
14 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
179 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
15 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.3 cm
Average feels-like high
25.0 °C
Average feels-like low
10.9 °C
Average peak gust
37.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
126 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
46.3 °C
2 July 2023
Coldest day
-10.9 °C
5 January 1973
Wettest day
42 mm
27 December 2004
Windiest day
52.3 km/h
4 April 2002
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
24 March 1969
Hottest feels-like
46.8 °C
23 June 1988
Coldest feels-like
-16.0 °C
6 January 1973
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
3 January 1973
Sunniest day
13.6 h
25 June 1962
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 19 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 21.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 4 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 25.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 35.4 °C | +5.6 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 38.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 39.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 41.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 39.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 36.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Oct | 31.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 23.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 19.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 14 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Taftan?
Taftan has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 62 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taftan?
The hottest day measured in Taftan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2023, reaching 46.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Taftan?
The coldest day measured in Taftan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1973, at -10.9 °C.
Does it snow in Taftan?
Yes. Taftan gets on average 1.3 cm of snow per year and has around 14 frost days.
Has the climate of Taftan warmed?
Yes: Taftan warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Taftan?
The wettest day measured in Taftan between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 2004, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Taftan?
The windiest day measured in Taftan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2002, with winds reaching 52.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Taftan?
The warmest month in Taftan is July (33.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Taftan?
Taftan receives on average 62 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 15 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Taftan?
Taftan 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 Taftan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Taftan between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1973, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Taftan?
Yes: Taftan has on average 126 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Taftan?
In Taftan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.8 °C on 23 June 1988, and the lowest was -16.0 °C on 6 January 1973.
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