Karachi
Pakistan
Karachi has warmed by about +1.4 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain is rising by about 20% every 10 years.It lies in the Indus plain and Arabian Sea regions.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.31 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.44 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.311 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.274 to +0.357
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 25.00°N, 67.00°E (16 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
Getting wetter
+45 mm
every 10 years (+19.8% of the usual amount)
Very sure this is a real change
Whole year: +47 mm every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +45.3 mm/decade
- 95% range
- +22.4 to +72.2
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 23.75°N, 66.25°E (145 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Karachi
Floods
9
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 2 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: February 2024.
Landslides
3
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 18 people died.
Deadliest: 13 people died, October 2015.
Fires
4
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).