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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Pākhāthar
Pākhāthar climate by month
Monsoon-influenced warm-summer continental · DwbBest Apr–May · Oct
Annual mean7°day and night
Seasonal swing15°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,658 mm130 wet days a year
28.49° N, 83.07° EElevation 3,337 mUTC+5:45 · Nepal Time
When to goPākhāthar · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Oct
October: high / low13° / 3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Pākhāthar has a monsoon-influenced warm-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwb): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 17° and nights 9°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 5° and lows of -6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 2,658 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (719 mm, 27 wet days) and November the driest (17 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in December to 73% in August.
Compared with Kathmandu, the capital, Pākhāthar is 9° cooler on a June afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 17° · June
- Coldest nights
- -6° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- December · 12% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 21 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 | 5° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 7° |
| Average low | -6° | -6° | -3° | 1° | 5° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 3° | 0° | -3° |
| Precipitation | 36 mm | 36 mm | 51 mm | 63 mm | 145 mm | 408 mm | 719 mm | 687 mm | 401 mm | 76 mm | 17 mm | 19 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 13.6 | 20.1 | 27.4 | 25.4 | 18.4 | 6.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Cloud cover | 14% | 16% | 18% | 19% | 23% | 45% | 72% | 73% | 47% | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Daylight | 10h 31 | 11h 11 | 11h 58 | 12h 50 | 13h 33 | 13h 57 | 13h 48 | 13h 11 | 12h 21 | 11h 31 | 10h 45 | 10h 21 |
| Month score | 51 | 49 | 47 | 63 | 56 | 56 | 45 | 43 | 48 | 57 | 56 | 56 |
ivMonth by month
Pākhāthar in every month
January51
5° / -6°
36 mm · 2.9 wet days
February49
6° / -6°
36 mm · 3.7 wet days
March47
10° / -3°
51 mm · 4.8 wet days
April63
14° / 1°
63 mm · 5.7 wet days
May56
16° / 5°
145 mm · 13.6 wet days
June56
17° / 9°
408 mm · 20.1 wet days
July45
17° / 11°
719 mm · 27.4 wet days
August43
17° / 11°
687 mm · 25.4 wet days
September48
16° / 9°
401 mm · 18.4 wet days
October57
13° / 3°
76 mm · 6.4 wet days
November56
10° / 0°
17 mm · 0.9 wet day
December56
7° / -3°
19 mm · 0.9 wet day