Climate averages 1991–2020

Butwāl weather
in January.

A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 21.2°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 10.6°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 21 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Butwāl · average highYear overview

January is a mild month in Butwāl: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Pokhara (82 km away). In January its highs average 14.8°C, 6.4°C cooler than Butwāl, with 131 mm of rain.

Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Butwāl ranks 7th of 16 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 16 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 16 cities is 20.0°C; Butwāl is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 23 mm.

The annual picture

January 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, selected 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 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

January 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.