Climate averages 1991–2020
Butwāl weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Butwāl: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pokhara (82 km away). In December its highs average 16.3°C, 6.6°C cooler than Butwāl, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Butwāl ranks joint 6th of 16 for the warmest December highs and joint 8th of 16 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 16 cities is 21.6°C; Butwāl is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Butwāl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 21 | 3.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 24.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 30.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 20 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 41 | 8.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 34.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 127 | 18.3 | 13.514 h |
| June | 33.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 376 | 25.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 574 | 30.7 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 516 | 30.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 279 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 58 | 11.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 8.5 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 22.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 10 | 1.1 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Pokhara in DecemberNepal · 82 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in DecemberIndia · 91 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in DecemberNepal · 97 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Gorakhpur in DecemberIndia · 103 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Kushinagar in DecemberIndia · 114 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Bastī in DecemberIndia · 124 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Balrāmpur in DecemberIndia · 128 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Deoria in DecemberIndia · 136 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 7.9 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 Butwāl) is explained once on the Butwāl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.