Climate averages 1991–2020
Hetauda 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 Hetauda: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madhyapur Thimi (45 km away). In October its highs average 22.6°C, 4.6°C cooler than Hetauda, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Hetauda ranks 12th of 16 for the warmest October highs and joint 7th of 16 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 16 cities is 27.8°C; Hetauda is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 9.6 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Madhyapur Thimi in OctoberNepal · 45 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Birgañj in OctoberNepal · 48 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in OctoberNepal · 65 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Bettiah in OctoberIndia · 87 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in OctoberIndia · 87 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in OctoberIndia · 100 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Janakpur in OctoberNepal · 118 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Kushinagar in OctoberIndia · 137 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 45 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.