Climate averages 1991–2020
Thimphu weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Thimphu: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaigaon (74 km away). In April its highs average 28.7°C, 12.8°C warmer than Thimphu, with 83 mm of rain.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 160 mm to 236 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Thimphu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 65 | 17.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 95 | 21.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 12.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 151 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 15.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 160 | 26.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 17.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 236 | 28.8 | 13.513 h |
| June | 19.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 378 | 29.2 | 13.814 h |
| July | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 484 | 30.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 19.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 350 | 28.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 18.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 255 | 26.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 139 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 12.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 18.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 59 | 17.0 | 10.410 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Jaigaon in AprilIndia · 74 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Gangtok in AprilIndia · 103 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in AprilIndia · 128 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 207 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in AprilIndia · 139 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Dārjiling in AprilIndia · 144 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.2°C · 222 mm rain
- Siliguri in AprilIndia · 147 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Rangpur in AprilBangladesh · 195 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in AprilBangladesh · 198 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 84 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Thimphu) is explained once on the Thimphu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.