Surkhet weather by month & the best time to visit

🇳🇵 Nepal · city break · humid subtropical climate

The best time to visit Surkhet is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with December and January close behind. Surkhet averages about 2,458 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in November.

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Sun hours / year

2,458

Sunniest month

November

Peak score

92/100

Rain / year

1,284 mm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

427k

Elevation

680 m

When is the best time to visit Surkhet?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Surkhet is November, then December and January. The dullest month is June (46/100, 201 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Surkhet?

Surkhet gets a moderate 2,458 hours of sunshine a year. 46 Sunshine Score points separate November (92) from June (46), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #12 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 1,284 mm falls in the three months around July.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Nepalgunj Nepal · 54 km · best in Nov · 2,459 h sun/yr
• Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 212 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
• Lucknow India · 216 km · best in Nov · 2,543 h sun/yr
• Pokhara Nepal · 233 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr
• Varanasi India · 369 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
• Kathmandu Nepal · 378 km · best in Mar · 2,569 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Jumla Nepal · 94 km · 2,966 h sun/yr · best in May
• Silgadi Doti Nepal · 101 km · 2,883 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Dolpa Nepal · 124 km · 2,545 h sun/yr · best in May
• Shravasti India · 127 km · 2,705 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Simikot Nepal · 155 km · 2,660 h sun/yr · best in Jun