Kathmandu
Elevation 1300 m27.71° N, 85.32° E
When to go?
Mean 12 °C, 2 rain days in the month (24 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, 3 rain days in the month (33 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 3 rain days in the month (44 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 22 °C, 5 rain days in the month (74 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 23 °C, 11 rain days in the month (185 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 25 °C, 21 rain days in the month (357 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain17 mm per rain day
Mean 25 °C, 31 rain days in the month (585 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain almost every day
- Torrential rain19 mm per rain day
Mean 25 °C, 29 rain days in the month (472 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain16 mm per rain day
Mean 24 °C, 18 rain days in the month (268 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 21 °C, 6 rain days in the month (84 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 17 °C, 2 rain days in the month (12 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, 1 rain day in the month (13 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are November–March. Avoid June–September (often rainy, at times hot and torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +1.8 °C (cells at 1583 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.3 °C; in the last ten years by +0.4 °C. Warmest year: 2010 (+1.0 °C), coldest: 1997 (−0.9 °C).
November and February warmed the most (+0.6 and +0.5 °C), May the least (−0.4 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 20 °C) begins on the same days and ends 4 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.