Climate averages 1991–2020
Quetta weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Quetta: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (97 km away). In March its highs average 19.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Quetta, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Quetta ranks 164th of 166 for the warmest March highs and 115th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Quetta is 10.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 26 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Chaman in MarchPakistan · 97 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Kandahār in MarchAfghanistan · 201 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in MarchPakistan · 217 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Jacobabad in MarchPakistan · 253 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Garhi Khairo in MarchPakistan · 255 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Qubo Saeed Khan in MarchPakistan · 266 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Khuzdar in MarchPakistan · 266 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Shahdad Kot in MarchPakistan · 274 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 16.4°C · 7.6 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.