Climate averages 1991–2020
Pokhara weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Pokhara: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bharatpur, Nepal (80 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, 8.6°C warmer than Pokhara, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Pokhara ranks 16th of 16 for the warmest March highs and 16th of 16 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 16 cities is 28.4°C; Pokhara is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 159 mm to 163 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bharatpur, Nepal in MarchNepal · 80 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Butwāl in MarchNepal · 82 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MarchIndia · 130 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Hetauda in MarchNepal · 140 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Madhyapur Thimi in MarchNepal · 154 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Birgañj in MarchNepal · 165 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Kushinagar in MarchIndia · 170 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Bettiah in MarchIndia · 171 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 15 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.