Dārchulā climate — normals and trends
Dārchulā (Nepal) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,748 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 (20.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Dārchulā averages 37 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Dārchulā has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 53 to 21 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.2 °C (on 15 June 2012) and the coldest -12.1 °C (on 18 January 1953).
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
DārchulāSudurpashchim Pradesh
- coords
- 29.83°, 80.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.8°C
Average daily high
19.1°C
Average daily low
8.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,748mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
6.0km/h
Seasonal range
15.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
37 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
45.3 cm
Average feels-like high
19.2 °C
Average feels-like low
7.3 °C
Average peak gust
26.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
32.2 °C
15 June 2012
Coldest day
-12.1 °C
18 January 1953
Wettest day
168 mm
20 September 2008
Windiest day
28.8 km/h
1 February 1956
Strongest gust
76.3 km/h
18 January 2013
Hottest feels-like
33.4 °C
24 May 1998
Coldest feels-like
-16.3 °C
18 January 1953
Snowiest day
37.0 cm
9 January 1957
Sunniest day
13.2 h
21 June 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 16 mm | -45 mm |
| Feb | 15.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 80 mm | +19 mm |
| Mar | 18.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 21 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 23.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 23 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 89 mm | +44 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 321 mm | +133 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 567 mm | +33 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 518 mm | +37 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 238 mm | +42 mm |
| Oct | 21.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 43 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 7 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 15.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dārchulā?
Dārchulā has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,748 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dārchulā?
The hottest day measured in Dārchulā between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 2012, reaching 32.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dārchulā?
The coldest day measured in Dārchulā between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1953, at -12.1 °C.
Does it snow in Dārchulā?
Yes. Dārchulā gets on average 45.3 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.
Has the climate of Dārchulā warmed?
Yes: Dārchulā warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dārchulā?
The wettest day measured in Dārchulā between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 2008, with 168 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dārchulā?
The windiest day measured in Dārchulā between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, with winds reaching 28.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dārchulā?
The warmest month in Dārchulā is June (20.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Dārchulā?
Dārchulā receives on average 1,748 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dārchulā?
Dārchulā gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dārchulā?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dārchulā between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, with 37.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dārchulā?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Dārchulā.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dārchulā?
In Dārchulā, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.4 °C on 24 May 1998, and the lowest was -16.3 °C on 18 January 1953.
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