🏞 Of the land area, 23.8% has a semi-arid/ steppe climate (BS), 56.5% has a arid/ desert climate (BW), 3.6% has a temperate/ mesothermal climate with dry winters (Cw), 16.1% has a alpine/ highland climate (H).
🧜 Of the population, 33.4% live in a semi-arid/ steppe climate (BS), 56.6% live in a arid/ desert climate (BW), 5.4% live in a temperate/ mesothermal climate with dry winters (Cw), 4.6% live in a alpine/ highland climate (H).
Location | Lat. | Long. | Alt. m(ft) | Climate | Biome | Av. Temp. | Precip. |
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Chitral | 35°51'N | 71°50'E | 1500 (4921) | BSk | Cool temperate steppe | 16 (61) | 415 (16) |
Drosh | 35°34'N | 71°47'E | 1465 (4806) | Csa | Cool temperate steppe | 18 (64) | 588 (23) |
Dir | 35°12'N | 71°51'E | 1370 (4495) | Cfa | Cool temperate steppe | 15 (59) | 1469 (58) |
Balakot | 34°23'N | 73°21'E | 981 (3219) | Cfa | Subtropical moist forest | 19 (65) | 1745 (69) |
Peshawar | 34°0'N | 71°35'E | 359 (1178) | BSh | Subtropical thorn woodland | 23 (73) | 404 (16) |
Murree | 33°55'N | 73°23'E | 2127 (6978) | Cwb | Subtropical moist forest | 13 (55) | 1789 (70) |
Parachinar | 33°52'N | 70°5'E | 1726 (5663) | Cfa | Warm temperate dry forest | 15 (60) | 782 (31) |
Islamabad | 33°37'N | 73°6'E | 508 (1667) | Cwa | Subtropical moist forest | 21 (70) | 1142 (45) |
Jhelum | 32°56'N | 73°43'E | 234 (768) | Cwa | Subtropical dry forest | 24 (74) | 853 (34) |
Sialkot | 32°30'N | 74°32'E | 256 (840) | Cwa | Subtropical dry forest | 23 (73) | 958 (38) |
Dera Ismail Khan | 31°49'N | 70°55'E | 173 (568) | BWh | Subtropical desert scrub | 24 (76) | 269 (11) |
Lahore, Punjab | 31°33'N | 74°20'E | 215 (705) | BSh | Subtropical thorn woodland | 24 (76) | 629 (25) |
Zhob | 31°21'N | 69°28'E | 1407 (4616) | BSh | Subtropical thorn woodland | 19 (66) | 285 (11) |
Quetta | 30°15'N | 66°53'E | 1589 (5213) | BSk | Warm temperate desert scrub | 16 (60) | 261 (10) |
Multan | 30°12'N | 71°26'E | 123 (404) | BWh | Subtropical desert scrub | 25 (77) | 187 (7) |
Bahawalnagar | 29°57'N | 73°15'E | 163 (535) | BWh | Tropical thorn woodland | 25 (78) | 203 (8) |
Barkhan | 29°53'N | 69°43'E | 1098 (3602) | BSh | Subtropical desert scrub | 22 (71) | 419 (16) |
Sibbi | 29°33'N | 67°53'E | 134 (440) | BWh | Subtropical desert scrub | 27 (81) | 144 (6) |
Dalbandin | 28°53'N | 64°24'E | 850 (2789) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 22 (72) | 81 (3) |
Nokkundi | 28°49'N | 62°45'E | 683 (2241) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 25 (76) | 35 (1) |
Khanpur | 28°39'N | 70°41'E | 88 (289) | BWh | Tropical desert scrub | 25 (77) | 97 (4) |
Jacobabad, Sindh | 28°18'N | 68°28'E | 56 (184) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 27 (81) | 110 (4) |
Khuzdar | 27°50'N | 66°38'E | 1232 (4042) | BWh | Subtropical desert scrub | 22 (71) | 252 (10) |
Rohri/ Sukkur | 27°40'N | 68°54'E | 68 (223) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 27 (80) | 88 (3) |
Panjgur | 26°58'N | 64°6'E | 981 (3219) | BWh | Subtropical desert scrub | 22 (72) | 109 (4) |
Padidan | 26°51'N | 68°8'E | 47 (154) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 26 (80) | 109 (4) |
Nawabshah | 26°15'N | 68°22'E | 38 (125) | BWh | Tropical desert scrub | 27 (80) | 134 (5) |
Chhor | 25°31'N | 69°47'E | 6 (20) | BWh | Tropical desert scrub | 26 (79) | 216 (9) |
Hyderabad | 25°23'N | 68°25'E | 30 (98) | BWh | Tropical desert scrub | 28 (82) | 178 (7) |
Pasni, Balochistan | 25°16'N | 63°29'E | 6 (20) | BWh | Tropical desert scrub | 26 (78) | 98 (4) |
Jiwani | 25°4'N | 61°48'E | 57 (187) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 26 (78) | 114 (4) |
Karachi (Airport) | 24°54'N | 67°8'E | 22 (72) | BWh | Subtropical desert scrub | 26 (79) | 217 (9) |
Karachi | 24°48'N | 66°59'E | 4 (13) | BWh | - | 26 (79) | 168 (7) |
Badin | 24°38'N | 68°54'E | 11 (36) | BWh | Subtropical desert scrub | 27 (80) | 222 (9) |
Ormara | 25°12'N | 64°37'E | 2 (7) | - | Tropical desert scrub | - | 115 (5) |
Pakistan Average | 29°38'N | 69°13'E | 560 (1838) | BWh | Subtropical desert scrub | 23 (73) | 425 (17) |