Climate averages 1991–2020
Pokhara weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Pokhara: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 382 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bharatpur, Nepal (80 km away). In May its highs average 32.6°C, 7.5°C warmer than Pokhara, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Pokhara ranks 16th of 16 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 32.7°C; Pokhara is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 382 mm to 690 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bharatpur, Nepal in MayNepal · 80 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Butwāl in MayNepal · 82 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MayIndia · 130 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Hetauda in MayNepal · 140 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Madhyapur Thimi in MayNepal · 154 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Birgañj in MayNepal · 165 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Kushinagar in MayIndia · 170 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Bettiah in MayIndia · 171 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 53 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.