Climate averages 1991–2020
Karachi weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Karachi: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hub (22 km away). In October its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Karachi, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Karachi ranks joint 67th of 166 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 166 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 166 cities is 32.3°C; Karachi is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 3.0 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Hub in OctoberPakistan · 22 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kotri in OctoberPakistan · 142 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Hyderabad, Pakistan in OctoberPakistan · 150 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Tando Muhammad Khan in OctoberPakistan · 157 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Tando Jam in OctoberPakistan · 165 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Manjhand in OctoberPakistan · 170 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Hala in OctoberPakistan · 177 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Arif Wala in OctoberPakistan · 178 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 3.0 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.