Climate averages 1991–2020
Thimphu weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Thimphu: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaigaon (74 km away). In November its highs average 24.7°C, 12.2°C warmer than Thimphu, with 5.9 mm of rain.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Jaigaon in NovemberIndia · 74 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Gangtok in NovemberIndia · 103 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in NovemberIndia · 128 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in NovemberIndia · 139 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Dārjiling in NovemberIndia · 144 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Siliguri in NovemberIndia · 147 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Rangpur in NovemberBangladesh · 195 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in NovemberBangladesh · 198 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 5.7 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.