Climate averages 1991–2020
Pokhara weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Pokhara: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bharatpur, Nepal (80 km away). In December its highs average 22.1°C, 5.8°C warmer than Pokhara, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Pokhara ranks 16th of 16 for the warmest December highs and 16th of 16 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 16 cities is 21.6°C; Pokhara is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Bharatpur, Nepal in DecemberNepal · 80 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Butwāl in DecemberNepal · 82 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in DecemberIndia · 130 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Hetauda in DecemberNepal · 140 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Madhyapur Thimi in DecemberNepal · 154 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Birgañj in DecemberNepal · 165 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Kushinagar in DecemberIndia · 170 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Bettiah in DecemberIndia · 171 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 8.4 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.