Climate averages 1991–2020
Quetta weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Quetta: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.1 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (97 km away). In May its highs average 32.0°C, 2.2°C warmer than Quetta, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Quetta ranks 162nd of 166 for the warmest May highs and 57th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Quetta is 9.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.1 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Chaman in MayPakistan · 97 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Kandahār in MayAfghanistan · 201 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in MayPakistan · 217 kmHigh 42.5°C · Low 27.1°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Jacobabad in MayPakistan · 253 kmHigh 42.3°C · Low 26.6°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Garhi Khairo in MayPakistan · 255 kmHigh 42.9°C · Low 26.8°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Qubo Saeed Khan in MayPakistan · 266 kmHigh 42.4°C · Low 27.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Khuzdar in MayPakistan · 266 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Shahdad Kot in MayPakistan · 274 kmHigh 42.7°C · Low 26.4°C · 5.0 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 Quetta) is explained once on the Quetta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.