Nepalgunj weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇵 Nepal · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Nepalgunj is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and January close behind. Nepalgunj averages about 2,459 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in November.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,459
- Sunniest month
- November
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 1,264 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 166k
- Elevation
- 157 m
When is the best time to visit Nepalgunj?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Nepalgunj is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (8/100, 62 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Nepalgunj?
Nepalgunj gets a moderate 2,459 hours of sunshine a year. 85 Sunshine Score points separate November (93) from May (8), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #11 of 18 destinations in Nepal for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,469 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 70% of the year's 1,264 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 89 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 24 mm | 3 |
| February | 88 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 30 mm | 5 |
| March | 80 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 22 mm | 7 |
| April | 27 | 39° / 102°F | 23° / 73°F | 21 mm | 8 |
| May | 8 | 41° / 106°F | 27° / 81°F | 62 mm | 8 |
| June | 13 | 40° / 104°F | 29° / 84°F | 191 mm | 7 |
| July | 53 | 34° / 93°F | 27° / 81°F | 407 mm | 7 |
| August | 59 | 33° / 91°F | 26° / 79°F | 290 mm | 7 |
| September | 66 | 32° / 90°F | 25° / 77°F | 173 mm | 7 |
| October | 87 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 32 mm | 6 |
| November | 93 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 4 mm | 4 |
| December | 92 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 8 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Lucknow India · 168 km · best in Nov · 2,543 h sun/yr
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 184 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
- Pokhara Nepal · 227 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr
- Varanasi India · 318 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
- Kathmandu Nepal · 366 km · best in Mar · 2,569 h sun/yr
- Dehradun (Jauligrant) India · 411 km · best in Nov · 2,883 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Surkhet Nepal · 54 km · 2,458 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Shravasti India · 76 km · 2,705 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Jumla Nepal · 140 km · 2,966 h sun/yr · best in May
- Silgadi Doti Nepal · 147 km · 2,883 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Dolpa Nepal · 149 km · 2,545 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Nepalgunj compares month by month: Nepalgunj vs Lucknow · Nepalgunj vs Pokhara · Nepalgunj vs Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) · all comparisons
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