Karachi
City in Pakistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Karachi from above: Bilalhassan88, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Karachi is a city in Pakistan, in Sindh. About 11.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Pakistan in our atlas.
It lies at 24.86° N, 67.01° E, about 8 m (26 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Karachi time zone.
Location
Red dot: Karachi. Green dots: other major cities of Pakistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Karachi has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 34°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 15°C (59°F). Around 202 mm (8 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PakistanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Hyderabad · 150 km
- Quetta · 591 km
- Bahawalpur · 689 km
- Multan · 744 km
- Arifwala · 857 km
- Dera Ismail Khan · 867 km
- Faisalabad · 951 km
- Bannu · 972 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1174872 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q8660 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Karachi from above: Bilalhassan88, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bahria Icon Karachi 3: King Eliot, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Inside the National Stadium, Karachi 01: Maghan mal, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mohenjo-daro Priesterkönig: Mamoon Mengal, CC BY-SA 1.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- MCB2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Umair_ua, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
