Climate
Zhob has a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh) and is just high enough to be removed from the arid climate category found at lower elevations. Unlike most of Balochistan, Zhob does on occasions receive rainfall from the monsoon though this occurs very erratically.
| Climate data for Zhob | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
36.8 (98.2) |
35.9 (96.6) |
35.3 (95.5) |
32.9 (91.2) |
27.9 (82.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
7.4 (45.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
0.8 (33.4) |
12.1 (53.8) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 18.3 (0.72) |
26.2 (1.031) |
48.1 (1.894) |
29.9 (1.177) |
14.5 (0.571) |
10.5 (0.413) |
48.5 (1.909) |
58.9 (2.319) |
10.5 (0.413) |
2.9 (0.114) |
3.7 (0.146) |
13.0 (0.512) |
285 (11.22) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 238.7 | 220.3 | 241.8 | 255.0 | 322.4 | 312.0 | 297.6 | 300.7 | 300.0 | 300.7 | 276.0 | 251.1 | 3,316.3 |
| Source: HKO | |||||||||||||
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