Pokhara climate

Name: Pokhara
Address: NP

Pokhara is warmest in June, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.9 °C. July is the wettest month (1,083 mm) and December the driest (95 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pokhara averages 4,536 mm of rain, 104 days above 25 °C and 10 days below freezing.

Nepal · population 600,051 · 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 June 26 °C
Coldest month January 3.9 °C
Driest month December 95 mm
Wettest month July 1,083 mm
Least cloud April 44 % cloud
Hottest on record August 31 °C
Coldest on record January -5.4 °C

What to expectPokhara through the year

Pokhara has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 26 °C in June, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 104 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 10 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 1,083 mm against 95 mm in December — 11 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.0 °C	125 mm	53 %
February	16.9 °C	156 mm	57 %
March	20.8 °C	139 mm	48 %
April	24.2 °C	139 mm	44 %
May	25.3 °C	358 mm	54 %
June	25.9 °C	665 mm	74 %
July	25.4 °C	1,083 mm	94 %
August	25.4 °C	908 mm	93 %
September	24.8 °C	549 mm	75 %
October	22.7 °C	185 mm	45 %
November	19.3 °C	134 mm	50 %
December	16.4 °C	95 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	15.0 °C	3.9 °C	10.3 °C	21.4 °C	-5.4 °C	0	6
February	16.9 °C	4.7 °C	11.8 °C	24.2 °C	-3.6 °C	0	3
March	20.8 °C	7.5 °C	15.3 °C	27.6 °C	0.0 °C	1	0
April	24.2 °C	10.9 °C	18.9 °C	30.4 °C	3.1 °C	11	0
May	25.3 °C	15.3 °C	21.3 °C	30.3 °C	7.5 °C	16	0
June	25.9 °C	19.8 °C	23.2 °C	30.0 °C	10.6 °C	23	0
July	25.4 °C	21.5 °C	23.3 °C	28.8 °C	15.1 °C	20	0
August	25.4 °C	21.3 °C	23.2 °C	31.0 °C	13.7 °C	19	0
September	24.8 °C	19.7 °C	22.3 °C	29.1 °C	11.3 °C	12	0
October	22.7 °C	14.3 °C	19.2 °C	27.6 °C	3.2 °C	2	0
November	19.3 °C	10.4 °C	15.4 °C	25.1 °C	1.3 °C	0	0
December	16.4 °C	7.4 °C	12.5 °C	20.9 °C	-4.6 °C	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	125 mm	15	11 h/day	53 %	73 %	7.1 km/h
February	156 mm	18	11 h/day	57 %	75 %	7.1 km/h
March	139 mm	18	12 h/day	48 %	71 %	7.3 km/h
April	139 mm	16	13 h/day	44 %	70 %	7.6 km/h
May	358 mm	23	14 h/day	54 %	77 %	7.1 km/h
June	665 mm	28	14 h/day	74 %	86 %	6.5 km/h
July	1,083 mm	31	14 h/day	94 %	91 %	6.4 km/h
August	908 mm	30	13 h/day	93 %	90 %	6.3 km/h
September	549 mm	27	12 h/day	75 %	86 %	6.2 km/h
October	185 mm	17	12 h/day	45 %	78 %	6.4 km/h
November	134 mm	15	11 h/day	50 %	76 %	6.7 km/h
December	95 mm	13	10 h/day	52 %	74 %	6.9 km/h

How Pokhara 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
Pokhara	26 °C	3.9 °C	4,536 mm	104
Bharatpur · Nepal	33 °C	9.6 °C	2,247 mm	271
Butwāl · Nepal	34 °C	10 °C	1,984 mm	279
Hetauda · Nepal	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
Kushinagar · India	37 °C	9.6 °C	1,279 mm	294

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Pokhara’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pokhara?

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

How hot does Pokhara get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 10 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Pokhara?

July, averaging 1,083 mm over 31 days with rain. The driest month is December with 95 mm. The year as a whole averages 4,536 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 Pokhara 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: 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.