Climate averages 1991–2020
Karachi weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Karachi: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hub (22 km away). In March its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Karachi, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Karachi ranks 47th of 166 for the warmest March highs and joint 20th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Karachi is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.2 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Hub in MarchPakistan · 22 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Kotri in MarchPakistan · 142 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Hyderabad, Pakistan in MarchPakistan · 150 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Tando Muhammad Khan in MarchPakistan · 157 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Tando Jam in MarchPakistan · 165 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Manjhand in MarchPakistan · 170 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Hala in MarchPakistan · 177 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Arif Wala in MarchPakistan · 178 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 8.6 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.