Climate averages 1991–2020
Karachi weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Karachi: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hub (22 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Karachi, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Karachi ranks 159th of 166 for the warmest August highs and joint 7th of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Karachi is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Karachi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 4.3 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| March | 30.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.9°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 33.6°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 5.8 | 0.8 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.8°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 42 | 3.6 | 13.514 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 42 | 3.1 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 11 | 1.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 3.0 | 0.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 26.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 2.5 | 0.4 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Hub in AugustPakistan · 22 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Kotri in AugustPakistan · 142 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Hyderabad, Pakistan in AugustPakistan · 150 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 26.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Tando Muhammad Khan in AugustPakistan · 157 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Tando Jam in AugustPakistan · 165 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 26.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Manjhand in AugustPakistan · 170 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Hala in AugustPakistan · 177 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 26.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Arif Wala in AugustPakistan · 178 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 22 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 Karachi) is explained once on the Karachi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.