Climate averages 1991–2020
Quetta weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Quetta: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (97 km away). In August its highs average 35.5°C, 3.3°C warmer than Quetta, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Quetta ranks 149th of 166 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Quetta is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 8.3 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
Quetta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 50 | 6.4 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.8°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 56 | 7.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 48 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 26 | 5.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 9.1 | 2.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 10 | 2.3 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 30 | 6.4 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 32.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 23 | 4.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 8.3 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 4.0 | 0.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 9.2 | 2.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 22 | 3.1 | 10.210 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
- Chaman in AugustPakistan · 97 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Kandahār in AugustAfghanistan · 201 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in AugustPakistan · 217 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 29.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Jacobabad in AugustPakistan · 253 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 29.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Garhi Khairo in AugustPakistan · 255 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 29.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Qubo Saeed Khan in AugustPakistan · 266 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 29.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Khuzdar in AugustPakistan · 266 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Shahdad Kot in AugustPakistan · 274 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 29.0°C · 64 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 Quetta) is explained once on the Quetta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.