Climate averages 1991–2020
Gwadar weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Gwadar: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 26.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Turbat (122 km away). In May its highs average 41.4°C, 9.3°C warmer than Gwadar, with 1.9 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Gwadar ranks 159th of 166 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Gwadar is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 6.8 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Gwadar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 21 | 2.5 | 10.811 h |
| February | 24.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.5 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 13 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 3.3 | 0.4 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 32.1°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 32.1°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 6.8 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 3.2 | 0.3 | 13.514 h |
| August | 29.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 3.6 | 0.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 2.0 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 9.1 | 0.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 13 | 1.5 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Turbat in MayPakistan · 122 kmHigh 41.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Iranshahr in MayIran · 283 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sur in MayOman · 402 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 28.5°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Arif Wala in MayPakistan · 420 kmHigh 41.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Muscat in MayOman · 432 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 27.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Seeb in MayOman · 449 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Hub in MayPakistan · 459 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Karachi in MayPakistan · 473 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gwadar) is explained once on the Gwadar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.