Lukla weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇵 Nepal · highland town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Lukla is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 71/100), with May close behind. Lukla averages about 2,323 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 118 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,323
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 71/100
- Rain / year
- 820 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈46 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 40k
- Elevation
- 2,817 m
When is the best time to visit Lukla?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Lukla is June, then May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 6 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Lukla?
Lukla gets a moderate 2,323 hours of sunshine a year. 71 Sunshine Score points separate June (71) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #14 of 18 destinations in Nepal for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,469 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 820 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -4° / 25°F | 6 mm | 5 |
| February | 15 | 10° / 50°F | -3° / 27°F | 10 mm | 7 |
| March | 37 | 13° / 55°F | 1° / 34°F | 17 mm | 9 |
| April | 58 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 32 mm | 9 |
| May | 65 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 80 mm | 9 |
| June | 71 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 118 mm | 9 |
| July | 60 | 19° / 66°F | 12° / 54°F | 219 mm | 8 |
| August | 54 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 176 mm | 9 |
| September | 52 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 124 mm | 8 |
| October | 43 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 33 mm | 8 |
| November | 23 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 2 mm | 6 |
| December | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -2° / 28°F | 3 mm | 5 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kathmandu Nepal · 135 km · best in Mar · 2,569 h sun/yr
- Biratnagar Nepal · 144 km · best in Jan · 2,215 h sun/yr
- Siliguri India · 194 km · best in Jan · 2,057 h sun/yr
- Paro Bhutan · 268 km · best in Oct · 2,071 h sun/yr
- Pokhara Nepal · 276 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr
- Patna India · 284 km · best in Nov · 2,417 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tumling Tar Nepal · 62 km · 2,080 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Xigazê (Dingri) China · 102 km · 3,165 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Taplejung Nepal · 102 km · 2,080 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Janakpur Nepal · 135 km · 2,402 h sun/yr · best in Nov
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