Climate averages 1991–2020
Quetta weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Quetta: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (97 km away). In October its highs average 25.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Quetta, with 2.3 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Quetta ranks 163rd of 166 for the warmest October highs and joint 34th of 166 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 166 cities is 32.3°C; Quetta is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.0 mm to 9.2 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Chaman in OctoberPakistan · 97 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Kandahār in OctoberAfghanistan · 201 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in OctoberPakistan · 217 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Jacobabad in OctoberPakistan · 253 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Garhi Khairo in OctoberPakistan · 255 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Qubo Saeed Khan in OctoberPakistan · 266 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Khuzdar in OctoberPakistan · 266 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Shahdad Kot in OctoberPakistan · 274 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 3.3 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.