Climate averages 1991–2020
Quetta weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Quetta: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (97 km away). In January its highs average 11.3°C, 1.7°C warmer than Quetta, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Quetta ranks 164th of 166 for the warmest January highs and 144th of 166 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 166 cities is 19.5°C; Quetta is 9.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 56 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
Quetta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Chaman in JanuaryPakistan · 97 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Kandahār in JanuaryAfghanistan · 201 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in JanuaryPakistan · 217 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Jacobabad in JanuaryPakistan · 253 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Garhi Khairo in JanuaryPakistan · 255 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Qubo Saeed Khan in JanuaryPakistan · 266 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Khuzdar in JanuaryPakistan · 266 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Shahdad Kot in JanuaryPakistan · 274 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 6.8 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.