Climate averages 1991–2020
Janakpur weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Janakpur: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry 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 Madhubani (44 km away). In April its highs average 35.7°C, about as warm as Janakpur, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Janakpur ranks 2nd of 16 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 16 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 16 cities is 32.4°C; Janakpur is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 87 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
Janakpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 13 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 11 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 35.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 27 | 5.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 35.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 87 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 33.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 229 | 20.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 397 | 26.9 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 270 | 26.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 224 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 53 | 5.5 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 2.6 | 0.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 5.0 | 0.7 | 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
- Madhubani in AprilIndia · 44 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Lahān in AprilNepal · 55 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Darbhanga in AprilIndia · 64 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Triyuga in AprilNepal · 77 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Benipur in AprilIndia · 78 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Muzaffarpur in AprilIndia · 86 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in AprilIndia · 101 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Birgañj in AprilNepal · 109 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 26 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 Janakpur) is explained once on the Janakpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.