PK flag
Faisalabad

Pakistan

vs
PK flag
Quetta

Pakistan

Climate

Faisalabad logs 221 hot days a year to Quetta's 103 — Quetta wins by 118. Faisalabad also leads on frost days by 34.

FaisalabadQuetta
Sunny days
317329
Hot days
221103
Frost days
034
Rainy days
5749
Snow days
02
Outdoor dinner months
7/127/12
Avg wind
2.0 m/s1.6 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,1563,364
Darkest month sun
169 hrs/mo195 hrs/mo
UV peak month
7.811.8

Faisalabad

Feels-like °C

15
21
26
30
38
40
39
38
37
31
24
18

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Quetta

Feels-like °C

7
12
17
22
28
32
33
31
28
22
16
10

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Faisalabad averages 65.7 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Quetta's 34.9 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Quetta breathes ~47% cleaner air (30.8 µg/m³ lower).

Faisalabad

Quetta

65.7µg/m³
34.9µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Very Unhealthy
Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Faisalabad (5.7M) and Quetta (969K) are 5.9x in population — Faisalabad is the larger metro, Quetta the smaller; on land area Faisalabad spans roughly 2.2x more ground.

3.6x

Faisalabad is roughly 3.6x the scale of Quetta

Combined population & area comparison

PK flagFaisalabad
3.6x
PK flagQuetta
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PK flagFaisalabad5.7M5.9x
2.PK flagQuetta969K1x
Area
1.PK flagFaisalabad326 km²2.2x
2.PK flagQuetta151 km²1x
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29 km23 km

PK flagFaisalabad

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14 km21 km

PK flagQuetta

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.

Thrives in both
FaisalabadQuetta
Struggles in both
FaisalabadQuetta

Frequently asked about Faisalabad vs Quetta

How does the climate compare between Faisalabad and Quetta?
Sunny days: 317 vs 329 d — Quetta higher Annual sunshine: 3,156 vs 3,364 hrs — Quetta higher Winter sunshine: 169 vs 195 hrs/day — Quetta higher Hot days (>30°C): 221 vs 103 d — Quetta lower Frost days: 0 vs 34 d — Faisalabad lower Rainy days: 57 vs 49 d — Similar Snowy days: 0 vs 2 d — Similar
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