Climate averages 1991–2020
Quetta weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Quetta: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (97 km away). In December its highs average 14.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Quetta, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Quetta ranks 164th of 166 for the warmest December highs and joint 143rd of 166 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 166 cities is 21.8°C; Quetta is 9.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Chaman in DecemberPakistan · 97 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Kandahār in DecemberAfghanistan · 201 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in DecemberPakistan · 217 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Jacobabad in DecemberPakistan · 253 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Garhi Khairo in DecemberPakistan · 255 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Qubo Saeed Khan in DecemberPakistan · 266 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Khuzdar in DecemberPakistan · 266 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Shahdad Kot in DecemberPakistan · 274 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 5.6 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 Quetta) is explained once on the Quetta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.