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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Phuntsholing
Phuntsholing climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing10°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation4,028 mm176 wet days a year
26.85° N, 89.39° EElevation 330 mUTC+6 · Bhutan Time
When to goPhuntsholing · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low28° / 20°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Phuntsholing has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 29° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 10°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 4,028 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (1,126 mm, 30 wet days) and December the driest (14 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in November to 75% in July.
Compared with Thimphu, the capital, Phuntsholing is 11.8° warmer on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · April
- Coldest nights
- 13° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- November · 16% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 49 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 28 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 21° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 25° | 23° |
| Average low | 13° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 20° | 17° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 20 mm | 34 mm | 58 mm | 157 mm | 360 mm | 784 mm | 1,126 mm | 729 mm | 587 mm | 142 mm | 17 mm | 14 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.3 | 2.6 | 8 | 18.9 | 24.6 | 26.4 | 29.7 | 28.6 | 23.6 | 10.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Cloud cover | 24% | 23% | 23% | 25% | 30% | 55% | 75% | 73% | 53% | 21% | 16% | 19% |
| Daylight | 10h 38 | 11h 15 | 11h 58 | 12h 47 | 13h 27 | 13h 49 | 13h 41 | 13h 07 | 12h 20 | 11h 33 | 10h 51 | 10h 28 |
| Month score | 97 | 94 | 72 | 50 | 51 | 40 | 33 | 32 | 43 | 65 | 96 | 99 |
ivMonth by month
Phuntsholing in every month
January97
21° / 13°
20 mm · 1.3 wet day
February94
23° / 15°
34 mm · 2.6 wet days
March72
27° / 18°
58 mm · 8 wet days
April50
29° / 20°
157 mm · 18.9 wet days
May51
29° / 22°
360 mm · 24.6 wet days
June40
29° / 24°
784 mm · 26.4 wet days
July33
29° / 24°
1,126 mm · 29.7 wet days
August32
29° / 24°
729 mm · 28.6 wet days
September43
28° / 23°
587 mm · 23.6 wet days
October65
28° / 20°
142 mm · 10.4 wet days
November96
25° / 17°
17 mm · 1.2 wet day
December99
23° / 15°
14 mm · 0.6 wet day