Quetta weather by month & the best time to visit

🇵🇰 Pakistan · city break · cold desert climate

The best time to visit Quetta is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with September and October close behind. Quetta averages about 3,936 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in May.

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Sun hours / year

3,936

Sunniest month

May

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

189 mm

Snow / year

≈19 cm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

1.6M

Elevation

1,588 m

When is the best time to visit Quetta?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Quetta is May, then September and October. The dullest month is January (24/100, 27 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Quetta?

Quetta is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,936 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate May (99) from January (24), so the month you pick matters. Quetta is the sunniest of the 22 destinations tracked in Pakistan. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around February, carries about 52% of the annual 189 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Multan Pakistan · 431 km · best in Nov · 2,897 h sun/yr
• Kabul Afghanistan · 525 km · best in Oct · 3,497 h sun/yr
• Zahedan Iran · 588 km · best in Oct · 3,764 h sun/yr
• Karachi Pakistan · 595 km · best in Feb · 3,204 h sun/yr
• Islamabad Pakistan · 666 km · best in Nov · 3,035 h sun/yr
• Lahore Pakistan · 726 km · best in Nov · 2,795 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Kandahar Afghanistan · 174 km · 3,943 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Zhob Pakistan · 271 km · 3,373 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Khuzdar Pakistan · 275 km · 3,689 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Dalbandin Pakistan · 289 km · 3,728 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Sukkur Pakistan · 334 km · 3,236 h sun/yr · best in Jan