Climate averages 1991–2020
Pokhara weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Pokhara: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bharatpur, Nepal (80 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, 6.1°C warmer than Pokhara, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Pokhara ranks 16th of 16 for the warmest October highs and 16th of 16 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 16 cities is 27.8°C; Pokhara is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 196 mm to 147 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bharatpur, Nepal in OctoberNepal · 80 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Butwāl in OctoberNepal · 82 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in OctoberIndia · 130 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Hetauda in OctoberNepal · 140 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Madhyapur Thimi in OctoberNepal · 154 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Birgañj in OctoberNepal · 165 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Kushinagar in OctoberIndia · 170 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Bettiah in OctoberIndia · 171 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 48 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.