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Karachi

Pakistan

vs

Climate

Karachi logs 177 hot days a year to Rahim Yar Khan's 243 — Karachi wins by 66. Rahim Yar Khan also leads on sunny days by 25.

KarachiRahim Yar Khan
Sunny days
316341
Hot days
177243
Frost days
00
Rainy days
2720
Outdoor dinner months
7/127/12
Avg wind
5.0 m/s2.5 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,1663,334
Darkest month sun
166 hrs/mo225 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.49.6

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

Rahim Yar Khan

Feels-like °C

17
22
28
33
39
41
40
37
37
32
25
20

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Karachi averages 63.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Rahim Yar Khan's 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Rahim Yar Khan breathes ~7% cleaner air (4.5 µg/m³ lower).

Karachi

Rahim Yar Khan

63.3µg/m³
58.8µg/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.

Karachi (21.0M) and Rahim Yar Khan (653K) are 32x in population — Karachi is the larger metro, Rahim Yar Khan the smaller; on land area Karachi spans roughly 13x more ground.

20x

Karachi is roughly 20x the scale of Rahim Yar Khan

Combined population & area comparison

PK flagKarachi
20x
PK flagRahim Yar Khan
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PK flagKarachi21.0M32x
2.PK flagRahim Yar Khan653K1x
Area
1.PK flagKarachi834 km²13x
2.PK flagRahim Yar Khan66 km²1x
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50 km35 km

PK flagKarachi

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12 km9.5 km

PK flagRahim Yar Khan

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.

Thrives in both
KarachiRahim Yar Khan
Struggles in both
KarachiRahim Yar Khan

Frequently asked about Karachi vs Rahim Yar Khan

How does the climate compare between Karachi and Rahim Yar Khan?
Sunny days: 316 vs 341 d — Rahim Yar Khan higher Annual sunshine: 3,166 vs 3,334 hrs — Rahim Yar Khan higher Winter sunshine: 166 vs 225 hrs/day — Rahim Yar Khan higher Hot days (>30°C): 177 vs 243 d — Karachi lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 27 vs 20 d — Similar
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