Pakistan
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Pakistan
Official name: | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
Capital: | Islamabad |
Area: | total: 803,940 sq km land: 778,720 sq km water: 25,220 sq km |
Climate: | mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north |
Location: | Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north |
Geographic coordinates: | 30 00 N, 70 00 E |
Comparative Area: | slightly less than twice the size of California |
Land boundaries: | total: 6,774 km border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km |
Coastline: | 1,046 km |
Terrain: | flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m |
Map of Pakistan