PK flag
Gujranwala

Pakistan

vs
PK flag
Karachi

Pakistan

Climate

Gujranwala logs 209 hot days a year to Karachi's 177 — Karachi wins by 32. Gujranwala also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.

GujranwalaKarachi
Sunny days
302316
Hot days
209177
Frost days
00
Rainy days
9527
Outdoor dinner months
8/127/12
Avg wind
2.0 m/s5.0 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,0213,166
Darkest month sun
171 hrs/mo166 hrs/mo
UV peak month
7.610.4

Gujranwala

Feels-like °C

14
19
24
29
36
38
36
36
36
30
22
16

Dinner outside

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

Karachi

Feels-like °C

18
25
28
32
35
35
33
30
32
31
27
20

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Gujranwala averages 62.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Karachi's 63.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Gujranwala breathes ~2% cleaner air (1.3 µg/m³ lower).

Gujranwala

Karachi

62.0µg/m³
63.3µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Very Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

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

Gujranwala (3.1M) and Karachi (21.0M) are 6.8x in population — Karachi is the larger metro, Gujranwala the smaller; on land area Karachi spans roughly 3.6x more ground.

4.9x

Karachi is roughly 4.9x the scale of Gujranwala

Combined population & area comparison

PK flagKarachi
4.9x
PK flagGujranwala
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PK flagKarachi21.0M6.8x
2.PK flagGujranwala3.1M1x
Area
1.PK flagKarachi834 km²3.6x
2.PK flagGujranwala231 km²1x
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19 km28 km

PK flagGujranwala

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50 km35 km

PK flagKarachi

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
GujranwalaKarachi
Struggles in both
GujranwalaKarachi

Frequently asked about Gujranwala vs Karachi

How does the climate compare between Gujranwala and Karachi?
Sunny days: 302 vs 316 d — Karachi higher Annual sunshine: 3,021 vs 3,166 hrs — Karachi higher Winter sunshine: 171 vs 166 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 209 vs 177 d — Karachi lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 95 vs 27 d — Karachi lower
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