Weather in Nepal
Situated between China to the north and India to the east, west
and south, Nepal is a small landlocked country covering an estimated
land area of 147,181 sq.km. Since the past decades, Nepal has been
collectively known as one of the best travel destination in South East
Asia for many travelers and explorers, mainly due to its amazing variety
of topological climate.
To begin, the geographical coordinate of Nepal is 28 00 N and 84 00 E
which give it an influential weather conditions of maritime and
continental factors. Fundamentally, Nepal is divided into three
particular regions of Terai Region, Hilly Region and Mountain Region
from south to north direction. In the most part of Nepal, the weather
and climate of a particular place depends mostly on it attitudinal
features which in general has been divided into five climatic zones
which are: Tropical and subtropical zone, Cool and temperate zone, cold
zone, subarctic zone and arctic zone. Nepal’s latitude is nearly as
about as Florida which makes the Terai region exist in a place with
tropical and subtropical climatic zone. Nonetheless, the Hilly region
and Himalayan region differ very differently with the sudden increase in
the elevation of each of their location.
In particularity, the Kathmandu Valley with an average summer
temperature of 19°C – 35°C & winter temperature of 2°C – 12°C,
consists a pleasing climatic condition which makes it a perfect place
for arrival of all the International Flights. Beginning from March to
May, the spring season is warm with time to time rain showers and the
temperatures tend to be around 22°C. Next is summer season which lasts
from June to August and also is the monsoon season during which heavy
amounts of rainfall occurs throughout due to which vegetation flourish
extravagantly all over the nation. This time period of the year is
mostly unfavorable for trekking in general but some places like Upper
Mustang and Dolpa regions can be trekked without any heavy rainfalls
obscuring the trails. Now comes the most liked Autumn season which
starts from September to November, during which temperature is not too
warm nor too cold, making it a perfect time for trekking in Nepal. The
daily average temperature lies between 25°C and 10°C. Now comes the
snowy Winter season which begins from December to end of February.
Snowfalls are common in the higher elevations with temperature going
below zero but the lower regions of Terai can have a maximum temperature
of 20°C during the day.
Seasonal months according to Nepalese calendar:
- BasantaRitu (Spring)
- GrishmaRitu (Early Summer)
- BarkhaRitu (Summer and Monsoon)
- Sharad Ritu (Early Autumn)
- HemantaRitu (late autumn)
- ShishirRitu (Winter)