Quetta
City in Pakistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Jinnah Road, Quetta: Ajmalahmedkhan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Quetta is a city in Pakistan, in Balochistan. About 1.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Pakistan in our atlas.
It lies at 30.18° N, 67.00° E, about 1,683 m (5,522 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Karachi time zone.
Location
Red dot: Quetta. Green dots: other major cities of Pakistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Quetta has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 34°C (94°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -2°C (28°F). Around 179 mm (7 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
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
- Dera Ismail Khan · 417 km
- Multan · 430 km
- Bahawalpur · 457 km
- Bannu · 465 km
- Hyderabad · 548 km
- Arifwala · 582 km
- Sargodha · 584 km
- Karachi · 591 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1167528 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q185458 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Jinnah Road, Quetta: Ajmalahmedkhan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Governor's House, Quetta, side view: Irfan7sarwar, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
