The climate of Panjgur, elevated at 900-1350 meters above sea level, is dry arid cold. It is placed in "warm summer and cool winter" temperature region. The potential evapotranspiration, which exceeds precipitation by more than two times, results in aridity or desertification. Summer is relatively shorter than winter. It stays from May to September (5 months) while winter starts in October and prolongs till April (7 months). June is the hottest month and January the coldest. Mean monthly temperature in summer remains below 32° C while in the hottest month sometimes it does exceed 32° C but remains below 38° C. In the coldest month, January, the mean monthly temperature drops below 10° C. In winter cold wind, locally called goorich, blows which takes the temperature sometimes below freezing point.

Aridity is severe in the district because average annual rainfall is below 250 mm; in some years annual rainfall has even been below 100 mm. Winter precipitation exceeds summer rainfall but overall precipitation level remains low. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, total annual precipitation in 1995 was 112.4 mm.

The data provided by the Pakistan Meteorological Department for the years 1994 and 1995 shows total annual rainfall between 100 and 115 mm at Panjgur station. In 1993 this level was 27.8 mm only. This data confirms the "dry arid" climatic category of the area. Winter rainfall provides irrigation water for rabi crops, i.e., wheat, dates, bakla, masoor, and vegetables. Sometimes traffic across the streams is discontinued due to flood waters resulting from rainfall. There has been very low precipitation since December 1995 therefore agriculture has been affected badly. This has resulted in less net sown area in 1995-96 as compared to the previous years.

At Panjgur station of the Pakistan Meteorological Department, mid summer mean maximum temperature (in July) varied slightly in the last three years (from 37.0° C to 39.5° C) while mid summer mean minimum temperature ranged from 25.1° C to 26.1° C. The mid winter mean maximum temperature (in January) in these three years has been between 17.5° C and 18.7° C and mean minimum temperature in mid winter remained between 4.7° C and 5.9° C.

The data on temperature seem consistent through the years as the annual mean maximum temperature for the last three years ranged from 29.5° C to 30.5° C. Similarly annual mean minimum temperature for the last three years was 15.6° C. This data validates the climatic categorisation of the district as "warm summer and cool winter" because mean monthly temperature in summer was around 32° C and mean monthly temperature in winter remained between 11° C and 12° C. These temperatures are within the temperature ranges for a "warm summer and cool winter" region.

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