Namchi
Elevation 1315 m27.17° N, 88.35° E
When to go?
Mean 10 °C, 6 rain days in the month (57 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 11 °C, 7 rain days in the month (79 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 10 rain days in the month (119 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 12 rain days in the month (157 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 20 °C, 18 rain days in the month (247 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 21 °C, 25 rain days in the month (393 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain16 mm per rain day
Mean 21 °C, 31 rain days in the month (647 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain almost every day
- Torrential rain21 mm per rain day
Mean 21 °C, 28 rain days in the month (522 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain19 mm per rain day
Mean 21 °C, 17 rain days in the month (314 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain18 mm per rain day
Mean 18 °C, 9 rain days in the month (129 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 5 rain days in the month (48 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 11 °C, 4 rain days in the month (39 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are October–March. Avoid May–September (often rainy, at times 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: −2.0 °C (cells at 1004 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 (−0.8 °C).
November and December warmed the most (+0.8 and +0.6 °C), April the least (−0.2 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 16 °C) begins 2 days later and ends 6 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.