Climate averages 1991–2020
Pokhara weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Pokhara: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 603 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bharatpur, Nepal (80 km away). In September its highs average 29.7°C, 5.0°C warmer than Pokhara, with 305 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Nepal, Pokhara ranks 15th of 16 for the warmest September highs and 16th of 16 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 16 cities is 28.9°C; Pokhara is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 603 mm to 196 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bharatpur, Nepal in SeptemberNepal · 80 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 305 mm rain
- Butwāl in SeptemberNepal · 82 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 279 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in SeptemberIndia · 130 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 239 mm rain
- Hetauda in SeptemberNepal · 140 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Madhyapur Thimi in SeptemberNepal · 154 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 304 mm rain
- Birgañj in SeptemberNepal · 165 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Kushinagar in SeptemberIndia · 170 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 213 mm rain
- Bettiah in SeptemberIndia · 171 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 237 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.