Chautārā climate — normals and trends
Chautārā (Nepal) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 2,620 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 June (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Chautārā averages 12 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 213 rainy days per year.
Chautārā has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 19 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.7 °C (on 26 May 1957) and the coldest -7.5 °C (on 20 January 1940).
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
ChautārāBagmati Province
- coords
- 27.78°, 85.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.4°C
Average daily high
20.3°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
2,620mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
6.6km/h
Seasonal range
12.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
12 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
213 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.9 cm
Average feels-like high
21.3 °C
Average feels-like low
9.8 °C
Average peak gust
27.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · 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
32.7 °C
26 May 1957
Coldest day
-7.5 °C
20 January 1940
Wettest day
275 mm
13 August 1995
Windiest day
11.9 km/h
20 March 1974
Strongest gust
63.0 km/h
6 March 1980
Hottest feels-like
34.5 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-11.7 °C
24 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.0 cm
6 January 1945
Sunniest day
13.3 h
3 June 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 14 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 17.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 29 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 21.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 42 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 85 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 23.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 199 mm | +81 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 561 mm | +160 mm |
| Jul | 25.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 425 mm | -335 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 585 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 418 mm | +69 mm |
| Oct | 22.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 250 mm | +142 mm |
| Nov | 20.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 34 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 16.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 3 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chautārā?
Chautārā has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 2,620 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chautārā?
The hottest day measured in Chautārā between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1957, reaching 32.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chautārā?
The coldest day measured in Chautārā between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1940, at -7.5 °C.
Does it snow in Chautārā?
Yes. Chautārā gets on average 8.9 cm of snow per year and has around 12 frost days.
Has the climate of Chautārā warmed?
Yes: Chautārā warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chautārā?
The wettest day measured in Chautārā between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1995, with 275 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chautārā?
The windiest day measured in Chautārā between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 1974, with winds reaching 11.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chautārā?
The warmest month in Chautārā is June (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Chautārā?
Chautārā receives on average 2,620 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 213 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chautārā?
Chautārā 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 Chautārā?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chautārā between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1945, with 16.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chautārā?
Yes: Chautārā has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chautārā?
In Chautārā, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 24 July 2025, and the lowest was -11.7 °C on 24 January 1940.
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