Region · Pakistan
Where to stay in Balochistan
This guide covers 12 destinations in Balochistan, a first-level administrative division of Pakistan, with 3 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Quetta, Turbat and Hub. Across its destinations, February and December are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Quetta International Airport (UET).
- Destinations in this guide
- 12
- Places to stay
- 3
- Comfortable in the most places
- February and December
- Main airport
- UETQuetta International Airport
- Currency
- PKRPakistani rupee
- Time zone
- Asia/Karachi
Destinations
Destinations in Balochistan
Every destination in this guide in Balochistan, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quetta | 1,001,205 | 2 | UET · 10 km |
| Gwadar | 70,852 | 1 | GWD · 26 km |
| Turbat | 268,625 | TUK · 3 km | |
| Hub | 195,661 | KHI · 31 km | |
| Khuzdar | 141,395 | ||
| Chaman | 107,660 | KDH · 87 km | |
| Dera Murad Jamali | 106,952 | SKZ · 108 km | |
| Dera Allah Yar | 98,761 | SKZ · 99 km | |
| Dasht Mastung Tehsil | 67,935 | UET · 29 km | |
| Panjgur | 66,030 | ||
| Loralai | 56,613 | PZH · 138 km | |
| Gulistan, Balochistan | 54,700 | UET · 52 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Balochistan
3 hotels in Balochistan recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Balochistan
From the climate of 12 destinations in Balochistan with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: February and December.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6 of 12 | 18 °C | 20 mm |
| February | 7 of 12 | 20 °C | 19 mm |
| March | 6 of 12 | 25 °C | 21 mm |
| April | 4 of 12 | 31 °C | 10 mm |
| May | 2 of 12 | 35 °C | 5 mm |
| June | 0 of 12 | 38 °C | 5 mm |
| July | 0 of 12 | 36 °C | 19 mm |
| August | 0 of 12 | 36 °C | 17 mm |
| September | 0 of 12 | 34 °C | 1 mm |
| October | 4 of 12 | 30 °C | 3 mm |
| November | 6 of 12 | 25 °C | 4 mm |
| December | 8 of 12 | 20 °C | 13 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Balochistan
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Balochistan name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
UET · Quetta International Airport
SKZ · Begum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport Sukkur
TUK · Turbat International Airport
GWD · New Gwadar International Airport
KDH · Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport
KHI · Jinnah International Airport
PZH · Zhob Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Balochistan, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Pakistan
Nearby
Regions near Balochistan
Other regions of Pakistan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.