District Geography

The district

Geography

Sukkur

whose name is derived from its head quarter

Sukkur city

covers an area of 5,165 square kilometers.

Geographically

it is spanned from 27°05' to 28°02' north latitudes and from 68°47' to 69°43' east longitudes. The city of

Sukkur

is located at an altitude of 220 feet 67 m from sea level, having terrestrial coordinates 68°52' east and 27°42' north. It is also the narrowest point of the lower Indus course.

Sukkur district

shares its northern border with Shikarpur and the recently constituted Kashmore districts. Ghotki is located on the north eastern side while Khairpur on the south.

Sukkur

also shares its border with India Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

Sukkur

is also connected by road and by air with all major cities of

Pakistan

.

The climate of the

Sukkur

is characterized by hot and hazy weather during summer days with dry and cold weather in winter. During January, the temperature ranges from 7 to 22 °C 45 to 72 °F. The summer month of June before the monsoon temperature averages 35 °C 95 °F though it often reaches up to 42 °C 108 °F. Generally the summer season commences in March April and ends before October. The average rainfall of the district is 88 mm, and ranges from 0.59 mm to 25.62 mm per month.