Dharān climate

Name: Dharān
Address: NP

Dharān is warmest in April, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.3 °C. July is the wettest month (502 mm) and December the driest (4.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Dharān averages 1,765 mm of rain and 247 days above 25 °C.

Nepal · population 173,096 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 30 °C
Coldest month January 9.3 °C
Driest month December 5 mm
Wettest month July 502 mm
Least cloud November 21 % cloud
Hottest on record April 40 °C
Coldest on record January 3.2 °C

What to expectDharān through the year

Dharān has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 30 °C in April, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 247 days a year reach 25 °C, 55 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 502 mm against 5 mm in December — 109 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.8 °C	10 mm	30 %
February	22.4 °C	13 mm	29 %
March	27.5 °C	15 mm	27 %
April	30.4 °C	42 mm	34 %
May	29.9 °C	129 mm	45 %
June	29.2 °C	329 mm	73 %
July	28.5 °C	502 mm	91 %
August	28.6 °C	357 mm	89 %
September	28.1 °C	283 mm	71 %
October	27.1 °C	74 mm	31 %
November	24.5 °C	8 mm	21 %
December	21.4 °C	5 mm	23 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.8 °C	9.3 °C	15.0 °C	25.1 °C	3.2 °C	0	0
February	22.4 °C	11.2 °C	17.5 °C	28.9 °C	5.4 °C	3	0
March	27.5 °C	14.4 °C	21.9 °C	35.3 °C	8.4 °C	25	5
April	30.4 °C	18.2 °C	25.1 °C	39.6 °C	11.8 °C	29	16
May	29.9 °C	21.6 °C	25.9 °C	38.3 °C	15.8 °C	31	13
June	29.2 °C	23.7 °C	26.3 °C	36.7 °C	19.3 °C	30	7
July	28.5 °C	24.0 °C	26.1 °C	33.9 °C	22.2 °C	31	4
August	28.6 °C	23.9 °C	26.1 °C	34.6 °C	21.9 °C	31	5
September	28.1 °C	22.7 °C	25.4 °C	33.3 °C	18.2 °C	29	3
October	27.1 °C	18.7 °C	23.2 °C	31.6 °C	12.8 °C	28	1
November	24.5 °C	14.2 °C	19.8 °C	29.7 °C	8.9 °C	11	0
December	21.4 °C	10.6 °C	16.4 °C	25.7 °C	4.9 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	10 mm	2	11 h/day	30 %	73 %	8.2 km/h
February	13 mm	2	11 h/day	29 %	67 %	9.7 km/h
March	15 mm	3	12 h/day	27 %	55 %	12 km/h
April	42 mm	8	13 h/day	34 %	58 %	12 km/h
May	129 mm	18	13 h/day	45 %	73 %	10 km/h
June	329 mm	27	14 h/day	73 %	84 %	9.6 km/h
July	502 mm	30	14 h/day	91 %	88 %	9.9 km/h
August	357 mm	29	13 h/day	89 %	87 %	9.2 km/h
September	283 mm	24	12 h/day	71 %	86 %	8.3 km/h
October	74 mm	8	12 h/day	31 %	79 %	7.1 km/h
November	8 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	72 %	7.2 km/h
December	5 mm	1	10 h/day	23 %	72 %	7.1 km/h

How Dharān compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Dharān	30 °C	9.3 °C	1,765 mm	247
Biratnagar · Nepal	34 °C	11 °C	1,668 mm	297
Siliguri · India	31 °C	11 °C	3,047 mm	280
Purnia · India	35 °C	11 °C	1,696 mm	308
Saharsa · India	36 °C	11 °C	1,369 mm	304
Janakpur · Nepal	35 °C	10 °C	1,372 mm	295
Katihar · India	35 °C	11 °C	1,497 mm	305

Where Dharān ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	9th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in February	13th of 50	96/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Dharān.

QuestionsCommon questions about Dharān’s climate

When is the best time to visit Dharān?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Dharān get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 55 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.3 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Dharān?

July, averaging 502 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is December with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,765 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Dharān rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 26.814°, 87.280° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.