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Weather extremes

How extreme does Karachi's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Karachi has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1973–present), from the Jinnah Intl station 16 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Karachi has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
117°F Jun 17, 1979

That is about 21°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Karachi (typical high near 96°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 117°F Jun 17, 1979
2 115°F Jun 4, 1981
3 114°F Jun 10, 1988
❄️ Coldest night
32°F Jan 7, 1991

About 28°F colder than a normal January night in Karachi (typical low near 60°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Jan 7, 1991
2 36°F Jan 1, 1991
3 37°F Jan 21, 1973
🌧️ Most rain in one day
11.09 in Jul 31, 2004

More rain in a single day than Karachi usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 2.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 11.09 in Jul 31, 2004
2 8.15 in Jan 5, 2022
3 7.56 in Sep 24, 2021

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 117°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Karachi's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 117°F is about 21°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Karachi's warmest days reach the mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 117°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 11 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 14 years of daily observations at Jinnah Intl, a weather station, about 16 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →