Climate averages 1991–2020
Quetta weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Quetta: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (97 km away). In September its highs average 31.5°C, 2.1°C warmer than Quetta, with 1.7 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Quetta ranks 161st of 166 for the warmest September highs and 5th of 166 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 166 cities is 34.5°C; Quetta is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.3 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Chaman in SeptemberPakistan · 97 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Kandahār in SeptemberAfghanistan · 201 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in SeptemberPakistan · 217 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 27.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Jacobabad in SeptemberPakistan · 253 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 26.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Garhi Khairo in SeptemberPakistan · 255 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Qubo Saeed Khan in SeptemberPakistan · 266 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Khuzdar in SeptemberPakistan · 266 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Shahdad Kot in SeptemberPakistan · 274 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 23 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.