Climate averages 1991–2020

Thimphu weather
in February.

A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 9.0°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 0.8°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 95 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a cool month in Thimphu: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaigaon (74 km away). In February its highs average 22.7°C, 13.7°C warmer than Thimphu, with 21 mm of rain.

From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 151 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Thimphu, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Thimphu

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 limits

How 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.