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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Janakpur
Janakpur climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,458 mm136 wet days a year
26.73° N, 85.93° EElevation 83 mUTC+5:45 · Nepal Time
When to goJanakpur · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low30° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Janakpur has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 36° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 1,458 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (435 mm, 28 wet days) and November the driest (4 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in November to 66% in July.
Compared with Kathmandu, the capital, Janakpur is 10.8° warmer on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 36° · April
- Coldest nights
- 10° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- November · 8% 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 | 22° | 26° | 32° | 36° | 36° | 34° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 27° | 24° |
| Average low | 10° | 13° | 18° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 16° | 12° |
| Precipitation | 13 mm | 10 mm | 12 mm | 41 mm | 108 mm | 223 mm | 435 mm | 323 mm | 217 mm | 65 mm | 4 mm | 7 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 15.5 | 21.8 | 27.9 | 26.2 | 20.9 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Cloud cover | 14% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 15% | 39% | 66% | 64% | 42% | 14% | 8% | 11% |
| Daylight | 10h 38 | 11h 15 | 11h 58 | 12h 47 | 13h 27 | 13h 49 | 13h 40 | 13h 06 | 12h 20 | 11h 34 | 10h 51 | 10h 28 |
| Month score | 96 | 91 | 63 | 40 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 39 | 63 | 88 | 98 |
ivMonth by month
Janakpur in every month
January96
22° / 10°
13 mm · 1.6 wet days
February91
26° / 13°
10 mm · 2.4 wet days
March63
32° / 18°
12 mm · 3.5 wet days
April40
36° / 23°
41 mm · 7.7 wet days
May25
36° / 25°
108 mm · 15.5 wet days
June27
34° / 26°
223 mm · 21.8 wet days
July27
31° / 26°
435 mm · 27.9 wet days
August27
31° / 26°
323 mm · 26.2 wet days
September39
31° / 24°
217 mm · 20.9 wet days
October63
30° / 21°
65 mm · 7.2 wet days
November88
27° / 16°
4 mm · 0.7 wet day
December98
24° / 12°
7 mm · 0.7 wet day