Climate averages 1991–2020
Pokhara weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Pokhara: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bharatpur, Nepal (80 km away). In April its highs average 32.8°C, 8.8°C warmer than Pokhara, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Pokhara ranks 16th of 16 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 16 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 16 cities is 32.4°C; Pokhara is 8.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 163 mm to 382 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
Pokhara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 131 | 15.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 171 | 19.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 159 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 24.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 163 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 382 | 23.5 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 690 | 28.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1,127 | 30.7 | 13.814 h |
| August | 25.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 966 | 29.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 603 | 27.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 196 | 19.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 147 | 16.4 | 10.811 h |
| December | 16.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 105 | 14.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Bharatpur, Nepal in AprilNepal · 80 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Butwāl in AprilNepal · 82 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in AprilIndia · 130 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Hetauda in AprilNepal · 140 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Madhyapur Thimi in AprilNepal · 154 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Birgañj in AprilNepal · 165 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Kushinagar in AprilIndia · 170 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Bettiah in AprilIndia · 171 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 21 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 Pokhara) is explained once on the Pokhara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.