Best time to visit Nepal

Nepal is represented here by Kathmandu (27.7°, 85.3°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split, 1084 mm of rain a year, and a 12.8°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Nepal falls in a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

Climate in Kathmandu

Kathmandu is hottest in June (average 25.1°C) and coolest in January (12.3°C). The monsoon runs June–September.

Open the Kathmandu page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Kathmandu: typical hottest-month average 25.1°C and about 1084 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Kathmandu (March, November, and December).

Kathmandu in Nepal

Kathmandu sits at 27.70°, 85.32°. It is a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. June is the warmest month at 25.1°C (high 29.5°C); January is the coolest at 12.3°C (low 7.0°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 12.8°C.

The monsoon runs from June to September. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are March, November, and December. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 1,442,271. The wettest month is July (280 mm, 27 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is November (3 mm).