Hetauda climate
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 | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.8 °C | 8.8 °C | 14.1 °C | 25.8 °C | 4.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 22.9 °C | 10.8 °C | 17.0 °C | 32.2 °C | 4.9 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 28.2 °C | 14.7 °C | 21.8 °C | 36.1 °C | 6.4 °C | 27 | 9 | 0 |
| April | 32.0 °C | 19.0 °C | 25.8 °C | 38.8 °C | 12.9 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| May | 31.8 °C | 21.9 °C | 26.8 °C | 38.9 °C | 17.2 °C | 31 | 22 | 0 |
| June | 30.5 °C | 23.7 °C | 26.9 °C | 38.7 °C | 19.7 °C | 30 | 16 | 0 |
| July | 28.5 °C | 23.8 °C | 25.9 °C | 33.7 °C | 21.7 °C | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| August | 28.6 °C | 23.7 °C | 25.8 °C | 35.0 °C | 20.8 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| September | 28.2 °C | 22.7 °C | 25.1 °C | 33.7 °C | 18.6 °C | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 27.3 °C | 18.9 °C | 22.9 °C | 31.5 °C | 12.8 °C | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 24.6 °C | 14.3 °C | 19.3 °C | 29.1 °C | 9.1 °C | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 21.2 °C | 10.6 °C | 15.6 °C | 25.6 °C | 3.9 °C | 0 | 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.