The Climate of Karachi in Winter

The Climate of Karachi in winter is very mild andthe wind remains effective for only a few days
enjoyable. The days are warm and sunnyand afterwards the same mild weather resumes.
whereas the nights are cool and pleasant. As aIt is interesting to note that in Karachi this wind is
rule the mid day thermometer does not exceedcalled Quetta wind while at Quetta it is called
80 F (27 C) and the night temperatures do notKandahar wind because it comes from Kandahar
fall below 50 F ( 10 C). So the weather is quitein Afghanistan. Apart from this brief spell of cold
comfortable. No additional heating or cooling isweather, which occurs occasionally, the weather
required. In the day you can even move around inof Karachi in winter is superb.
a T shirt while at night, light woolen clothes canYou can escape here the extreme cold of North
do. An exception to this generally mild weather isPakistan or chilly nights of the plains of Pakistan
the short lived, chilly weather produced by thewhich are much removed from the sea and have
very cold wind which comes from Quetta ina 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 peakare very sunny. This is an added advantage.
of winter. When this wind blows, the minimumTherefore, 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 whoand a lot of foreign as well as local tourist flock to
are not accustomed to cold weather. FortunatelyKarachi to enjoy its mild and pleasant weather.