Paro weather by month & the best time to visit

🇧🇹 Bhutan · highland town · oceanic / maritime climate

The best time to visit Paro is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100), with April and May close behind. Paro averages about 2,071 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 51 mm of rain in October.

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Sun hours / year

2,071

Sunniest month

October

Peak score

81/100

Rain / year

1,025 mm

Midday UV at peak

7 (high)

Population

11k

Elevation

2,235 m

When is the best time to visit Paro?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Paro is October, then April and May. The dullest month is January (30/100, 5 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Paro?

Paro gets a moderate 2,071 hours of sunshine a year. 51 Sunshine Score points separate October (81) from January (30), so the month you pick matters. Paro is the sunniest of the 3 destinations tracked in Bhutan. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 60% of the year's 1,025 mm falls in the three months around July.

Sunshine Score by month

See Paro on the interactive sunshine globe →

Nearby places for sunshine

• Siliguri India · 135 km · best in Jan · 2,057 h sun/yr
• Saidpur Bangladesh · 190 km · best in Jan · 2,219 h sun/yr
• Biratnagar Nepal · 237 km · best in Jan · 2,215 h sun/yr
• Lhasa China · 256 km · best in May · 3,630 h sun/yr
• Guwahati India · 258 km · best in Jan · 2,129 h sun/yr
• Sylhet Bangladesh · 365 km · best in Jan · 2,257 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Jakar Bhutan · 132 km · 1,971 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Bhadrapur Nepal · 162 km · 2,058 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Taplejung Nepal · 171 km · 2,080 h sun/yr · best in Apr
• Yongphulla Bhutan · 207 km · 1,907 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

How Paro compares month by month: Paro vs Guwahati · Paro vs Siliguri · Paro vs Lhasa · Paro vs Biratnagar · all comparisons