Climate averages 1991–2020
Pokhara weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Pokhara: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1,127 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bharatpur, Nepal (80 km away). In July its highs average 29.9°C, 4.6°C warmer than Pokhara, with 682 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Pokhara ranks 15th of 16 for the warmest July highs and 16th of 16 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 16 cities is 29.3°C; Pokhara is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1,127 mm to 966 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Bharatpur, Nepal in JulyNepal · 80 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 682 mm rain
- Butwāl in JulyNepal · 82 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 574 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in JulyIndia · 130 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.9°C · 417 mm rain
- Hetauda in JulyNepal · 140 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 615 mm rain
- Madhyapur Thimi in JulyNepal · 154 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 717 mm rain
- Birgañj in JulyNepal · 165 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 441 mm rain
- Kushinagar in JulyIndia · 170 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 364 mm rain
- Bettiah in JulyIndia · 171 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 381 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.