Kathmandu weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇵 Nepal · city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Kathmandu is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with April and October close behind. Kathmandu averages about 2,569 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 21 mm of rain in March.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,569
- Sunniest month
- March
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 1,084 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 1.4M
- Elevation
- 1,331 m
When is the best time to visit Kathmandu?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kathmandu is March, then April and October. The dullest month is January (61/100, 10 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kathmandu?
Kathmandu gets a lot of sun: around 2,569 hours a year. March (90/100) is noticeably better than January (61). It ranks #7 of 18 destinations in Nepal for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,469 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 1,084 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 10 mm | 5 |
| February | 83 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 17 mm | 6 |
| March | 90 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 21 mm | 8 |
| April | 87 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 37 mm | 9 |
| May | 78 | 29° / 84°F | 18° / 64°F | 89 mm | 9 |
| June | 67 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 170 mm | 8 |
| July | 67 | 26° / 79°F | 20° / 68°F | 280 mm | 8 |
| August | 67 | 25° / 77°F | 19° / 66°F | 238 mm | 8 |
| September | 67 | 24° / 75°F | 18° / 64°F | 169 mm | 8 |
| October | 86 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 45 mm | 7 |
| November | 86 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 3 mm | 5 |
| December | 70 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 5 mm | 4 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Pokhara Nepal · 146 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 193 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
- Biratnagar Nepal · 232 km · best in Jan · 2,215 h sun/yr
- Patna India · 236 km · best in Nov · 2,417 h sun/yr
- Siliguri India · 315 km · best in Jan · 2,057 h sun/yr
- Varanasi India · 352 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Simara Nepal · 70 km · 2,644 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Bharatpur Nepal · 92 km · 2,643 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Janakpur Nepal · 123 km · 2,402 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Lukla Nepal · 135 km · 2,323 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Xigazê (Dingri) China · 173 km · 3,165 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Kathmandu compares month by month: Kathmandu vs Patna · Kathmandu vs Pokhara · Kathmandu vs Biratnagar · Kathmandu vs Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) · all comparisons
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