Janakpur weather by month & the best time to visit

🇳🇵 Nepal · regional city · humid subtropical climate

The best time to visit Janakpur is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and January close behind. Janakpur averages about 2,402 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in November.

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Sun hours / year

2,402

Sunniest month

November

Peak score

93/100

Rain / year

1,145 mm

Midday UV at peak

8 (very high)

Population

195k

Elevation

71 m

When is the best time to visit Janakpur?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Janakpur is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (16/100, 77 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Janakpur?

Janakpur gets a moderate 2,402 hours of sunshine a year. 77 Sunshine Score points separate November (93) from May (16), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 of 18 destinations in Nepal for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,469 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 67% of the year's 1,145 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Kathmandu Nepal · 123 km · best in Mar · 2,569 h sun/yr
• Biratnagar Nepal · 136 km · best in Jan · 2,215 h sun/yr
• Patna India · 150 km · best in Nov · 2,417 h sun/yr
• Siliguri India · 239 km · best in Jan · 2,057 h sun/yr
• Pokhara Nepal · 253 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr
• Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 264 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Darbhanga India · 57 km · 2,402 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Simara Nepal · 106 km · 2,644 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Lukla Nepal · 135 km · 2,323 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Tumling Tar Nepal · 143 km · 2,080 h sun/yr · best in Nov