Climate · Karachi

Karachi in May

Very hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Karachi is very hot: highs near 96°F, lows near 79°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Karachi is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 26°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
96°F36°Caverage
Low
79°F26°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 1% of days
Daylight
13h 21mon average

Is May a good time to visit Karachi?


May sits outside Karachi's best months, which run from January to February. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 96°F in May, against 79°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 36°C in May, against 26°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

1% of days in May, against 1% to 30% through the year.

Cloud cover

21% cover in May, against 14% to 59% through the year.

Daylight

13h 21m in May, against 10h 37m to 13h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. April95°35°low 74°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. May96°36°low 79°low 26°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. June96°36°low 82°low 28°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Karachi sits, in May

Asia/Karachi

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:48 AMsets 7:08 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Islamabad1144 km north-east

The land around Karachi, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Pakistan in May

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Karachi. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.