Climate averages 1991–2020
Hetauda weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Hetauda: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madhyapur Thimi (45 km away). In February its highs average 17.6°C, 5.4°C cooler than Hetauda, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Hetauda ranks 10th of 16 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 16 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 16 cities is 23.1°C; Hetauda is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 28 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Hetauda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February, selected | 23.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 28 | 5.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 28.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 28 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 55 | 10.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 31.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 154 | 19.5 | 13.513 h |
| June | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 340 | 25.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 28.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 615 | 30.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 28.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 485 | 30.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 252 | 26.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 56 | 10.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.6 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 10 | 1.4 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Madhyapur Thimi in FebruaryNepal · 45 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Birgañj in FebruaryNepal · 48 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in FebruaryNepal · 65 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Bettiah in FebruaryIndia · 87 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in FebruaryIndia · 87 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in FebruaryIndia · 100 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Janakpur in FebruaryNepal · 118 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Kushinagar in FebruaryIndia · 137 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 23 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 Hetauda) is explained once on the Hetauda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.