| The Climate of Karachi in winter is very mild and | | | | the wind remains effective for only a few days |
| enjoyable. The days are warm and sunny | | | | and afterwards the same mild weather resumes. |
| whereas the nights are cool and pleasant. As a | | | | It is interesting to note that in Karachi this wind is |
| rule the mid day thermometer does not exceed | | | | called Quetta wind while at Quetta it is called |
| 80 F (27 C) and the night temperatures do not | | | | Kandahar wind because it comes from Kandahar |
| fall below 50 F ( 10 C). So the weather is quite | | | | in Afghanistan. Apart from this brief spell of cold |
| comfortable. No additional heating or cooling is | | | | weather, which occurs occasionally, the weather |
| required. In the day you can even move around in | | | | of Karachi in winter is superb. |
| a T shirt while at night, light woolen clothes can | | | | You can escape here the extreme cold of North |
| do. An exception to this generally mild weather is | | | | Pakistan or chilly nights of the plains of Pakistan |
| the short lived, chilly weather produced by the | | | | which are much removed from the sea and have |
| very cold wind which comes from Quetta in | | | | a continental weather. The rain fall in Karachi is |
| Baluchistan. | | | | very light during this period and the winter months |
| This generally happens in January during the peak | | | | are very sunny. This is an added advantage. |
| of winter. When this wind blows, the minimum | | | | Therefore, mild sunny days with cool and pleasant |
| temperatures come down as low as 41 F (5 C) | | | | nights make Karachi a tourist heaven in winter |
| which is very cold for the people of Karachi who | | | | and a lot of foreign as well as local tourist flock to |
| are not accustomed to cold weather. Fortunately | | | | Karachi to enjoy its mild and pleasant weather. |