Climate averages 1991–2020
Karachi weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Karachi: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 4.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hub (22 km away). In January its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Karachi, with 4.6 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Karachi ranks 8th of 166 for the warmest January highs and 23rd of 166 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 166 cities is 19.5°C; Karachi is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 4.3 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Hub in JanuaryPakistan · 22 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Kotri in JanuaryPakistan · 142 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Hyderabad, Pakistan in JanuaryPakistan · 150 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Tando Muhammad Khan in JanuaryPakistan · 157 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Tando Jam in JanuaryPakistan · 165 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Manjhand in JanuaryPakistan · 170 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Hala in JanuaryPakistan · 177 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Arif Wala in JanuaryPakistan · 178 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 11 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.