Simikot weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇵 Nepal · highland town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Simikot is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with September and August close behind. Simikot averages about 2,660 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 59 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,660
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 512 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 34k
- Elevation
- 2,977 m
When is the best time to visit Simikot?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Simikot is June, then September and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 20 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Simikot?
Simikot gets a lot of sun: around 2,660 hours a year. 84 Sunshine Score points separate June (84) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 18 destinations in Nepal for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,469 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 54% of the annual 512 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -9° / 16°F | 20 mm | 4 |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -7° / 19°F | 32 mm | 6 |
| March | 15 | 10° / 50°F | -3° / 27°F | 28 mm | 8 |
| April | 52 | 15° / 59°F | 2° / 36°F | 29 mm | 9 |
| May | 73 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 39 mm | 10 |
| June | 84 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 59 mm | 9 |
| July | 71 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 129 mm | 8 |
| August | 78 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 91 mm | 8 |
| September | 84 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 56 mm | 9 |
| October | 54 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 15 mm | 8 |
| November | 23 | 11° / 52°F | -1° / 30°F | 5 mm | 6 |
| December | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -6° / 21°F | 9 mm | 5 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Nepalgunj Nepal · 208 km · best in Nov · 2,459 h sun/yr
- Pokhara Nepal · 288 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 315 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
- Dehradun (Jauligrant) India · 351 km · best in Nov · 2,883 h sun/yr
- Lucknow India · 368 km · best in Nov · 2,543 h sun/yr
- Kathmandu Nepal · 428 km · best in Mar · 2,569 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Jumla Nepal · 86 km · 2,966 h sun/yr · best in May
- Silgadi Doti Nepal · 116 km · 2,883 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Dolpa Nepal · 146 km · 2,545 h sun/yr · best in May
- Surkhet Nepal · 155 km · 2,458 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Jomsom Nepal · 227 km · 2,468 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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