Climate averages 1991–2020
Dharān weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Dharān: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inaruwa (27 km away). In October its highs average 28.7°C, 1.6°C warmer than Dharān, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Dharān ranks 13th of 16 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 16 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 16 cities is 27.8°C; Dharān is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 7.4 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Inaruwa in OctoberNepal · 27 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Biratnagar in OctoberNepal · 40 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Triyuga in OctoberNepal · 58 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Arāria in OctoberIndia · 78 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Lahān in OctoberNepal · 80 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Dārjiling in OctoberIndia · 101 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 164 mm rain
- Kishanganj in OctoberIndia · 104 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Siliguri in OctoberIndia · 115 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 116 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.