Nepal Weather

Himalayan region climate varies as per the altitude wise from the low southern land of Gangetic plains of Terai at 60meters above sea level to the mid hills-valleys at 9,00m,1500-200m and to the high mountain settlement at 3000-4000m and above. From over 40oC warm sub-tropic, 25oC meditareain to the artic climate of -0oC to -20oC conditions exists.

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Nepal and its Himalayan range has a typical monsoonal two season a year. There's the dry season from October to May and the wet season, the monsoon, from June to September. September-November, the start of the dry season, is in many ways the best time in Nepal and around the Himalayan

Temeprature Chart (In Celsius)

  1,330m  850m  200-300m (above sea level)
Months Kathmandu Pokhara Chitwan
  max min max min max min
Jan 19 20 8 24 7
Feb 20 4 21 8 26 8
Mar  25 8 27 11 33 12
Apr 30 11 33 12 35 18
May 30 16 30 19 35 20
Jun  30 20 30 20 35 23
Jul 29 21 30 21 33 24
Aug 29 20 30 21 33 24
Sep 27 19 29 20 32 22
Oct 23 15 27 18 31 18
Nov 23 4 23 11 29 12
Dec 20 2 20 8 24 8

Rainfall Chart (in mm.)

Months Kathmandu Pokhara Chitwan
Jan 25 15 10
Feb 25 15 10
Mar 75 30 10
Apr 50 50 15
May 100 300 200
Jun 225 575 300
Jul 375 800 500
Aug 360 700 450
Sep 175 575 400
Oct 50 220 100
Nov 10 20 5
Dec 10 5 5

Climate Chart: Kathmandu.Chances of dry day & Hours of Sunshine

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
95% 91% 93% 85% 74% 54% 33% 37% 62% 88% 98% 99%
5:54 5:39 7:37 9:30 5:43 4:54 2:37 2:23 3:18 5:12 5:12 5:06

Pokhara.Chances of dry day & Hours of Sunshine

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
94% 94% 89% 80%      53% 5% 3% 3% 7% 64% 96% 99%
5:49 6:23 7:19 8:59 5:17 4:02 2:04 1:34 1:44 4:30 4:51 5:12