Taplejung weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Taplejung is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with May and June close behind. Taplejung averages about 2,080 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 38 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,080
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 904 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈30 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 173k
- Elevation
- 2,422 m
When is the best time to visit Taplejung?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Taplejung is April, then May and June. The dullest month is January (15/100, 5 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Taplejung?
Taplejung gets a moderate 2,080 hours of sunshine a year. 62 Sunshine Score points separate April (77) from January (15), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #17 of 18 destinations in Nepal for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,469 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 904 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 5 mm | 5 |
| February | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 0° / 32°F | 10 mm | 6 |
| March | 58 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 19 mm | 7 |
| April | 77 | 19° / 66°F | 7° / 45°F | 38 mm | 8 |
| May | 75 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 89 mm | 8 |
| June | 67 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 129 mm | 8 |
| July | 63 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 245 mm | 8 |
| August | 63 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 192 mm | 8 |
| September | 66 | 20° / 68°F | 13° / 55°F | 134 mm | 7 |
| October | 63 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 38 mm | 7 |
| November | 45 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 2 mm | 6 |
| December | 23 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 3 mm | 5 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Siliguri India · 97 km · best in Jan · 2,057 h sun/yr
- Biratnagar Nepal · 106 km · best in Jan · 2,215 h sun/yr
- Paro Bhutan · 171 km · best in Oct · 2,071 h sun/yr
- Saidpur Bangladesh · 214 km · best in Jan · 2,219 h sun/yr
- Kathmandu Nepal · 234 km · best in Mar · 2,569 h sun/yr
- Patna India · 325 km · best in Nov · 2,417 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tumling Tar Nepal · 50 km · 2,080 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Bhadrapur Nepal · 95 km · 2,058 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Lukla Nepal · 102 km · 2,323 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Xigazê (Dingri) China · 165 km · 3,165 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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