Climate guideThirty-year normals for Hetauda
Hetauda climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing13°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,344 mm134 wet days a year
27.43° N, 85.03° EElevation 467 mUTC+5:45 · Nepal Time
When to goHetauda · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low28° / 20°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Hetauda has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 33° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 13°.
About 2,344 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (669 mm, 27 wet days) and November the driest (9 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in November to 68% in July.
Compared with Kathmandu, the capital, Hetauda is 7.2° warmer on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · April
- Coldest nights
- 10° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- November · 12% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 52 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 25 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 | 20° | 23° | 29° | 33° | 32° | 31° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 25° | 22° |
| Average low | 10° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 20° | 15° | 12° |
| Precipitation | 22 mm | 22 mm | 30 mm | 63 mm | 173 mm | 349 mm | 669 mm | 542 mm | 366 mm | 83 mm | 9 mm | 16 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 14.7 | 21.5 | 26.7 | 26.2 | 20.5 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Cloud cover | 19% | 17% | 16% | 16% | 19% | 40% | 68% | 66% | 41% | 15% | 12% | 15% |
| Daylight | 10h 35 | 11h 14 | 11h 58 | 12h 48 | 13h 29 | 13h 52 | 13h 43 | 13h 08 | 12h 21 | 11h 33 | 10h 49 | 10h 25 |
| Month score | 96 | 94 | 76 | 51 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 48 | 71 | 99 | 98 |
ivMonth by month
Hetauda in every month
January96
20° / 10°
22 mm · 1.9 wet days
February94
23° / 12°
22 mm · 2.5 wet days
March76
29° / 16°
30 mm · 3.8 wet days
April51
33° / 20°
63 mm · 7.3 wet days
May37
32° / 22°
173 mm · 14.7 wet days
June37
31° / 24°
349 mm · 21.5 wet days
July35
29° / 24°
669 mm · 26.7 wet days
August35
29° / 24°
542 mm · 26.2 wet days
September48
29° / 23°
366 mm · 20.5 wet days
October71
28° / 20°
83 mm · 7.5 wet days
November99
25° / 15°
9 mm · 0.3 wet days
December98
22° / 12°
16 mm · 0.7 wet day