Pokhara weather by month & the best time to visit

🇳🇵 Nepal · city break · humid subtropical climate

The best time to visit Pokhara is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and February close behind. Pokhara averages about 2,469 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in November.

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Sun hours / year

2,469

Sunniest month

November

Peak score

93/100

Rain / year

1,473 mm

Midday UV at peak

7 (high)

Population

600k

Elevation

819 m

When is the best time to visit Pokhara?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Pokhara is November, then December and February. The dullest month is June (66/100, 245 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Pokhara?

Pokhara gets a moderate 2,469 hours of sunshine a year. November (93/100) is noticeably better than June (66). It ranks #9 of 18 destinations in Nepal for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 2,469 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 66% of the year's 1,473 mm falls in the three months around July.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 96 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
• Kathmandu Nepal · 146 km · best in Mar · 2,569 h sun/yr
• Nepalgunj Nepal · 227 km · best in Nov · 2,459 h sun/yr
• Patna India · 310 km · best in Nov · 2,417 h sun/yr
• Varanasi India · 325 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
• Lucknow India · 344 km · best in Nov · 2,543 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Jomsom Nepal · 69 km · 2,468 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Bharatpur Nepal · 73 km · 2,643 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Dolpa Nepal · 143 km · 2,545 h sun/yr · best in May
• Simara Nepal · 152 km · 2,644 h sun/yr · best in Nov

Head-to-head

How Pokhara compares month by month: Pokhara vs Kathmandu · Pokhara vs Nepalgunj · Pokhara vs Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) · all comparisons