Thimphu climate — normals and trends
Thimphu (Bhutan) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 2,468 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (14.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Thimphu averages 104 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 304 rainy days per year.
Thimphu has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 128 to 80 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 25.0 °C (on 10 June 2013) and the coldest -17.8 °C (on 30 December 2003).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ThimphuThimphu District
- coords
- 27.47°, 89.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
2,468mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
6.6km/h
Seasonal range
14.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
104 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
304 d/yr
Annual snowfall
149.8 cm
Average feels-like high
12.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
25.0 °C
10 June 2013
Coldest day
-17.8 °C
30 December 2003
Wettest day
155 mm
11 July 1966
Windiest day
11.9 km/h
20 March 1974
Strongest gust
71.6 km/h
16 January 1994
Hottest feels-like
26.7 °C
10 June 2013
Coldest feels-like
-22.5 °C
30 December 2003
Snowiest day
42.4 cm
6 January 1945
Sunniest day
13.7 h
11 June 1981
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 39 mm | -36 mm |
| Feb | 8.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 124 mm | +23 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 166 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 163 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 16.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 363 mm | +135 mm |
| Jun | 20.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 204 mm | -156 mm |
| Jul | 21.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 260 mm | -231 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 390 mm | +30 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 221 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 16.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 205 mm | +60 mm |
| Nov | 14.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 47 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 12.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 33 mm | -31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Thimphu?
Thimphu has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 2,468 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Thimphu?
The hottest day measured in Thimphu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 2013, reaching 25.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Thimphu?
The coldest day measured in Thimphu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 2003, at -17.8 °C.
Does it snow in Thimphu?
Yes. Thimphu gets on average 149.8 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.
Has the climate of Thimphu warmed?
Yes: Thimphu warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Thimphu?
The wettest day measured in Thimphu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1966, with 155 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Thimphu?
The windiest day measured in Thimphu between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 1974, with winds reaching 11.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Thimphu?
The warmest month in Thimphu is July (14.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Thimphu?
Thimphu receives on average 2,468 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 304 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Thimphu?
Thimphu gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Thimphu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Thimphu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1945, with 42.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Thimphu?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Thimphu.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Thimphu?
In Thimphu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 26.7 °C on 10 June 2013, and the lowest was -22.5 °C on 30 December 2003.
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