Climate averages 1991–2020

Thimphu weather
in July.

A mild, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 19.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 13.6°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 484 mm 30 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a mild month in Thimphu: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 484 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaigaon (74 km away). In July its highs average 28.0°C, 8.7°C warmer than Thimphu, with 1,020 mm of rain.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 484 mm to 350 mm.

The annual picture

July 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	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, selected	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

July 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.