Climate averages 1991–2020

Janakpur weather
in July.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.9°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 25.7°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 397 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Janakpur · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Janakpur: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 397 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Madhubani (44 km away). In July its highs average 31.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Janakpur, with 354 mm of rain.

Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Janakpur ranks 3rd of 16 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 16 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 16 cities is 29.3°C; Janakpur is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs stay level at 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 397 mm to 270 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Janakpur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 21.8°C10.4°C10.4°C131.810.711 h
February 25.5°C13.1°C13.1°C132.011.211 h
March 31.6°C17.9°C17.9°C112.012.012 h
April 35.4°C22.6°C22.6°C275.012.813 h
May 35.2°C25.0°C25.0°C8711.413.413 h
June 33.2°C25.8°C25.8°C22920.613.814 h
July, selected 30.9°C25.7°C25.7°C39726.913.614 h
August 30.9°C25.6°C25.6°C27026.213.113 h
September 30.4°C24.5°C24.5°C22421.312.312 h
October 29.7°C21.0°C21.0°C535.511.512 h
November 27.3°C16.2°C16.2°C2.60.410.911 h
December 23.6°C12.2°C12.2°C5.00.710.510 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Janakpur

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 limits

How 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.