Climate averages 1991–2020
Dharān weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Dharān: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 44 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 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inaruwa (27 km away). In April its highs average 33.2°C, 2.8°C warmer than Dharān, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Dharān ranks 14th of 16 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 16 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 16 cities is 32.4°C; Dharān is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 127 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Dharān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 9.5 | 1.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 27.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 15 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 30.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 44 | 8.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 127 | 18.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 319 | 26.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 480 | 29.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 28.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 371 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 276 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 73 | 8.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 7.4 | 1.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 21.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 10.510 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
- Inaruwa in AprilNepal · 27 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Biratnagar in AprilNepal · 40 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Triyuga in AprilNepal · 58 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Arāria in AprilIndia · 78 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Lahān in AprilNepal · 80 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Dārjiling in AprilIndia · 101 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.2°C · 222 mm rain
- Kishanganj in AprilIndia · 104 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Siliguri in AprilIndia · 115 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 73 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 Dharān) is explained once on the Dharān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.