Climate averages 1991–2020

Butwāl weather
in April.

A very hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 34.6°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 20.9°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 41 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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April is a very hot month in Butwāl: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Pokhara (82 km away). In April its highs average 24.0°C, 10.6°C cooler than Butwāl, with 163 mm of rain.

Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Butwāl ranks 4th of 16 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 16 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 16 cities is 32.4°C; Butwāl is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs stay level at 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 127 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 6000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Butwāl climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Butwāl, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 21.2°C10.6°C10.6°C213.110.611 h
February 24.4°C12.7°C12.7°C234.311.211 h
March 30.1°C16.4°C16.4°C204.512.012 h
April, selected 34.6°C20.9°C20.9°C418.512.813 h
May 34.6°C24.0°C24.0°C12718.313.514 h
June 33.1°C25.8°C25.8°C37625.313.914 h
July 31.0°C26.0°C26.0°C57430.713.714 h
August 30.9°C25.8°C25.8°C51630.113.113 h
September 30.5°C24.6°C24.6°C27926.412.312 h
October 29.2°C20.8°C20.8°C5811.411.512 h
November 26.5°C16.2°C16.2°C8.51.410.811 h
December 22.9°C12.6°C12.6°C101.110.410 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

Distance from Butwāl

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 Butwāl) is explained once on the Butwāl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.