Climate averages 1991–2020
Pokhara weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Pokhara: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 966 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bharatpur, Nepal (80 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, 4.8°C warmer than Pokhara, with 555 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Pokhara ranks 15th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 29.3°C; Pokhara is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 966 mm to 603 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Bharatpur, Nepal in AugustNepal · 80 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 555 mm rain
- Butwāl in AugustNepal · 82 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 516 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in AugustIndia · 130 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 358 mm rain
- Hetauda in AugustNepal · 140 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 485 mm rain
- Madhyapur Thimi in AugustNepal · 154 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 571 mm rain
- Birgañj in AugustNepal · 165 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 347 mm rain
- Kushinagar in AugustIndia · 170 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 310 mm rain
- Bettiah in AugustIndia · 171 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 332 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.