Climate averages 1991–2020
Pokhara weather
in February.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Pokhara: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bharatpur, Nepal (80 km away). In February its highs average 23.9°C, 7.2°C warmer than Pokhara, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Pokhara ranks 16th of 16 for the warmest February highs and 16th of 16 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 16 cities is 23.1°C; Pokhara is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 171 mm to 159 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Bharatpur, Nepal in FebruaryNepal · 80 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Butwāl in FebruaryNepal · 82 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in FebruaryIndia · 130 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Hetauda in FebruaryNepal · 140 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Madhyapur Thimi in FebruaryNepal · 154 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Birgañj in FebruaryNepal · 165 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Kushinagar in FebruaryIndia · 170 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Bettiah in FebruaryIndia · 171 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 20 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.