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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Tansen
Tansen climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,528 mm127 wet days a year
27.87° N, 83.55° EElevation 1,160 mUTC+5:45 · Nepal Time
When to goTansen · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low21° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Tansen has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 25° and nights 12°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 2,528 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (722 mm, 27 wet days) and November the driest (14 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in October to 74% in July.
Compared with Kathmandu, the capital, Tansen is 0.1° warmer on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · April
- Coldest nights
- 3° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- October · 16% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 54 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 23 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 | 14° | 16° | 21° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 15° |
| Average low | 3° | 5° | 8° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 26 mm | 28 mm | 33 mm | 56 mm | 175 mm | 443 mm | 722 mm | 561 mm | 374 mm | 73 mm | 14 mm | 23 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.4 | 3 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 13.7 | 20 | 26.6 | 23.9 | 18.8 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Cloud cover | 23% | 22% | 18% | 18% | 22% | 44% | 74% | 73% | 46% | 16% | 17% | 20% |
| Daylight | 10h 34 | 11h 13 | 11h 58 | 12h 49 | 13h 31 | 13h 54 | 13h 45 | 13h 09 | 12h 21 | 11h 32 | 10h 47 | 10h 23 |
| Month score | 74 | 84 | 89 | 85 | 66 | 61 | 49 | 49 | 60 | 84 | 99 | 84 |
ivMonth by month
Tansen in every month
January74
14° / 3°
26 mm · 2.4 wet days
February84
16° / 5°
28 mm · 3 wet days
March89
21° / 8°
33 mm · 4.8 wet days
April85
25° / 12°
56 mm · 5.6 wet days
May66
25° / 15°
175 mm · 13.7 wet days
June61
25° / 18°
443 mm · 20 wet days
July49
23° / 18°
722 mm · 26.6 wet days
August49
24° / 18°
561 mm · 23.9 wet days
September60
23° / 17°
374 mm · 18.8 wet days
October84
21° / 13°
73 mm · 6.9 wet days
November99
18° / 8°
14 mm · 0.5 wet day
December84
15° / 5°
23 mm · 0.8 wet day