Hetauda climate

Name: Hetauda
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Hetauda is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.8 °C. July is the wettest month (608 mm) and November the driest (9.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Hetauda averages 2,016 mm of rain and 254 days above 25 °C.

Nepal · population 195,951 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 8.8 °C
Driest month November 9 mm
Wettest month July 608 mm
Least cloud November 25 % cloud
Hottest on record May 39 °C
Coldest on record December 3.9 °C

What to expectHetauda through the year

Hetauda has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 32 °C in April, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 254 days a year reach 25 °C, 82 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 608 mm against 9 mm in November — 66 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	22 mm	34 %
February	22.9 °C	28 mm	34 %
March	28.2 °C	28 mm	30 %
April	32.0 °C	53 mm	33 %
May	31.8 °C	149 mm	41 %
June	30.5 °C	335 mm	67 %
July	28.5 °C	608 mm	92 %
August	28.6 °C	475 mm	90 %
September	28.2 °C	243 mm	70 %
October	27.3 °C	55 mm	33 %
November	24.6 °C	9 mm	25 %
December	21.2 °C	10 mm	29 %

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	8.8 °C	14.1 °C	25.8 °C	4.1 °C	0	0
February	22.9 °C	10.8 °C	17.0 °C	32.2 °C	4.9 °C	6	0
March	28.2 °C	14.7 °C	21.8 °C	36.1 °C	6.4 °C	27	9
April	32.0 °C	19.0 °C	25.8 °C	38.8 °C	12.9 °C	30	22
May	31.8 °C	21.9 °C	26.8 °C	38.9 °C	17.2 °C	31	22
June	30.5 °C	23.7 °C	26.9 °C	38.7 °C	19.7 °C	30	16
July	28.5 °C	23.8 °C	25.9 °C	33.7 °C	21.7 °C	30	5
August	28.6 °C	23.7 °C	25.8 °C	35.0 °C	20.8 °C	30	4
September	28.2 °C	22.7 °C	25.1 °C	33.7 °C	18.6 °C	29	3
October	27.3 °C	18.9 °C	22.9 °C	31.5 °C	12.8 °C	29	1
November	24.6 °C	14.3 °C	19.3 °C	29.1 °C	9.1 °C	12	0
December	21.2 °C	10.6 °C	15.6 °C	25.6 °C	3.9 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	22 mm	3	11 h/day	34 %	77 %	8.0 km/h
February	28 mm	5	11 h/day	34 %	70 %	9.2 km/h
March	28 mm	5	12 h/day	30 %	56 %	11 km/h
April	53 mm	10	13 h/day	33 %	52 %	10 km/h
May	149 mm	19	14 h/day	41 %	67 %	9.1 km/h
June	335 mm	25	14 h/day	67 %	81 %	8.4 km/h
July	608 mm	31	14 h/day	92 %	90 %	8.6 km/h
August	475 mm	31	13 h/day	90 %	90 %	8.0 km/h
September	243 mm	26	12 h/day	70 %	89 %	7.6 km/h
October	55 mm	10	12 h/day	33 %	81 %	7.2 km/h
November	9 mm	2	11 h/day	25 %	74 %	7.2 km/h
December	10 mm	1	10 h/day	29 %	76 %	7.1 km/h

How Hetauda 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
Hetauda	32 °C	8.8 °C	2,016 mm	254
Kathmandu · Nepal	26 °C	6.6 °C	2,813 mm	120
Birgañj · Nepal	36 °C	9.8 °C	1,478 mm	294
Bharatpur · Nepal	33 °C	9.6 °C	2,247 mm	271
Janakpur · Nepal	35 °C	10 °C	1,372 mm	295
Kushinagar · India	37 °C	9.6 °C	1,279 mm	294
Pokhara · Nepal	26 °C	3.9 °C	4,536 mm	104

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Hetauda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Hetauda?

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

How hot does Hetauda get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 82 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.8 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Hetauda?

July, averaging 608 mm over 31 days with rain. The driest month is November with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,016 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 Hetauda 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: 27.428°, 85.032° (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.