Dhankuta climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dhankuta?

Dhankuta has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 2,570 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dhankuta?

The hottest day measured in Dhankuta between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1957, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dhankuta?

The coldest day measured in Dhankuta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1978, at -0.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dhankuta?

Almost never: Dhankuta sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Dhankuta warmed?

Yes: Dhankuta warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dhankuta?

The wettest day measured in Dhankuta between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1946, with 326 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dhankuta?

The windiest day measured in Dhankuta between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1992, with winds reaching 18.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dhankuta?

The warmest month in Dhankuta is June (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dhankuta?

Dhankuta receives on average 2,570 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 201 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dhankuta?

Dhankuta gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dhankuta (Nepal) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 2,570 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Dhankuta averages 0 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 201 rainy days per year.

Dhankuta has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 26 May 1957) and the coldest -0.7 °C (on 6 January 1978).

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

DhankutaKoshi

coords: 26.98°, 87.33°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

19.2°C

Average daily high

23.8°C

Average daily low

14.5°C

Annual rainfall

2,570mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

6.8km/h

Seasonal range

12.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

13 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

201 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.9 °C

Average feels-like low

15.1 °C

Average peak gust

28.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

110 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

38.1 °C

26 May 1957

Coldest day

-0.7 °C

6 January 1978

Wettest day

326 mm

3 September 1946

Windiest day

18.5 km/h

23 March 1992

Strongest gust

88.9 km/h

17 October 1985

Hottest feels-like

40.4 °C

4 August 2020

Coldest feels-like

-3.9 °C

6 January 1978

Snowiest day

0.2 cm

23 January 1953

Sunniest day

13.3 h

4 June 1958

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	32.2 °C13 July 2025	3.8 °C3 January 2025	20.5 °C	2,639 mm	21	0
2024	33.2 °C28 April 2024	2.1 °C13 January 2024	20.4 °C	3,135 mm	43	0
2023	33.2 °C8 June 2023	2.6 °C6 January 2023	20.3 °C	2,352 mm	40	0
2022	31.3 °C15 July 2022	3.0 °C17 January 2022	20.0 °C	2,267 mm	14	0
2021	32.1 °C26 April 2021	2.5 °C31 January 2021	19.9 °C	2,922 mm	22	0
2020	32.0 °C4 August 2020	2.4 °C10 February 2020	19.4 °C	2,908 mm	4	0
2019	32.3 °C6 August 2019	0.9 °C30 December 2019	19.6 °C	2,891 mm	15	0
2018	31.7 °C10 June 2018	1.4 °C31 December 2018	19.4 °C	2,785 mm	8	0
2017	31.8 °C18 July 2017	2.6 °C13 January 2017	20.0 °C	2,669 mm	11	0
2016	33.1 °C9 April 2016	3.4 °C23 January 2016	20.0 °C	2,807 mm	18	0
2015	29.8 °C5 May 2015	2.1 °C25 December 2015	19.6 °C	2,258 mm	0	0
2014	33.3 °C25 April 2014	2.8 °C2 February 2014	19.7 °C	2,434 mm	26	0
2013	33.5 °C12 April 2013	0.2 °C26 January 2013	19.8 °C	2,556 mm	15	0
2012	34.0 °C15 May 2012	0.8 °C15 January 2012	19.6 °C	2,337 mm	27	0
2011	30.8 °C21 April 2011	1.8 °C23 December 2011	19.4 °C	2,930 mm	5	0
2010	33.2 °C4 April 2010	2.6 °C3 January 2010	20.2 °C	2,486 mm	25	0
2009	33.4 °C24 April 2009	3.3 °C3 January 2009	20.3 °C	2,138 mm	21	0
2008	33.2 °C28 April 2008	2.7 °C28 January 2008	19.6 °C	2,821 mm	10	0
2007	32.5 °C4 May 2007	2.3 °C14 January 2007	19.7 °C	2,786 mm	18	0
2006	33.5 °C15 April 2006	3.1 °C9 January 2006	20.0 °C	2,228 mm	18	0
2005	32.9 °C1 June 2005	2.8 °C6 February 2005	19.8 °C	2,356 mm	14	0
2004	31.3 °C8 May 2004	3.1 °C9 January 2004	19.4 °C	2,822 mm	7	0
2003	31.2 °C24 July 2003	0.8 °C16 January 2003	19.2 °C	2,732 mm	2	0
2002	29.8 °C13 May 2002	3.4 °C1 January 2002	19.5 °C	2,471 mm	0	0
2001	33.1 °C7 April 2001	2.3 °C17 January 2001	19.6 °C	2,319 mm	9	0
2000	31.0 °C5 April 2000	2.4 °C4 January 2000	19.3 °C	2,558 mm	5	0
1999	32.5 °C5 April 1999	2.4 °C12 January 1999	20.1 °C	2,482 mm	9	0
1998	31.9 °C20 May 1998	2.4 °C23 January 1998	19.8 °C	3,177 mm	4	0
1997	32.3 °C15 May 1997	0.1 °C14 January 1997	18.9 °C	2,229 mm	8	0
1996	33.7 °C21 April 1996	3.4 °C17 December 1996	19.7 °C	2,196 mm	21	0
1995	33.3 °C23 April 1995	0.2 °C14 January 1995	19.9 °C	2,634 mm	26	0
1994	33.8 °C5 May 1994	2.3 °C24 December 1994	19.7 °C	2,169 mm	19	0
1993	31.1 °C7 April 1993	2.2 °C23 February 1993	19.1 °C	2,846 mm	5	0
1992	36.6 °C14 April 1992	0.7 °C8 February 1992	19.3 °C	1,821 mm	22	0
1991	33.0 °C16 April 1991	0.9 °C16 January 1991	19.3 °C	2,083 mm	12	0
1990	31.5 °C14 April 1990	1.5 °C4 January 1990	19.2 °C	2,620 mm	3	0
1989	35.4 °C6 May 1989	-0.4 °C20 February 1989	19.3 °C	2,850 mm	28	1
1988	34.3 °C7 April 1988	3.4 °C4 February 1988	19.9 °C	3,052 mm	19	0
1987	34.5 °C18 May 1987	2.5 °C9 January 1987	19.5 °C	2,566 mm	25	0
1986	33.6 °C30 March 1986	0.0 °C29 December 1986	19.1 °C	2,013 mm	12	0
1985	33.3 °C25 April 1985	3.2 °C21 January 1985	19.3 °C	2,667 mm	10	0
1984	33.5 °C4 April 1984	1.3 °C23 December 1984	19.1 °C	2,669 mm	12	0
1983	31.2 °C8 April 1983	-0.2 °C3 January 1983	18.8 °C	2,060 mm	7	2
1982	33.0 °C8 May 1982	3.1 °C30 January 1982	19.2 °C	1,813 mm	18	0
1981	30.2 °C22 July 1981	1.1 °C11 January 1981	18.8 °C	2,173 mm	3	0
1980	33.7 °C15 April 1980	1.3 °C16 January 1980	19.3 °C	2,038 mm	19	0
1979	34.2 °C30 May 1979	2.5 °C30 January 1979	19.8 °C	2,280 mm	32	0
1978	31.0 °C9 April 1978	-0.7 °C6 January 1978	19.0 °C	2,030 mm	2	1
1977	31.9 °C31 May 1977	1.4 °C1 January 1977	19.1 °C	2,189 mm	7	0
1976	32.8 °C17 April 1976	1.3 °C19 January 1976	19.2 °C	2,215 mm	17	0
1975	32.9 °C4 April 1975	1.5 °C20 December 1975	19.3 °C	2,935 mm	23	0
1974	30.8 °C21 April 1974	1.6 °C7 December 1974	19.0 °C	3,009 mm	2	0
1973	36.5 °C15 April 1973	3.7 °C28 December 1973	19.6 °C	2,799 mm	26	0
1972	32.3 °C17 May 1972	1.8 °C18 February 1972	19.2 °C	2,572 mm	17	0
1971	29.5 °C15 July 1971	3.1 °C13 February 1971	18.6 °C	2,761 mm	0	0
1970	31.4 °C13 May 1970	3.3 °C13 January 1970	19.1 °C	2,194 mm	6	0
1969	30.0 °C18 May 1969	1.9 °C15 January 1969	19.0 °C	1,972 mm	1	0
1968	30.7 °C6 May 1968	2.3 °C29 December 1968	18.6 °C	2,716 mm	6	0
1967	30.5 °C29 May 1967	0.8 °C3 January 1967	18.6 °C	2,734 mm	4	0
1966	35.3 °C2 May 1966	2.2 °C15 January 1966	18.8 °C	3,119 mm	25	0
1965	32.0 °C26 April 1965	1.5 °C9 February 1965	18.6 °C	2,727 mm	12	0
1964	35.1 °C7 June 1964	0.5 °C5 February 1964	19.5 °C	2,507 mm	44	0
1963	32.0 °C7 April 1963	0.4 °C20 January 1963	18.9 °C	2,612 mm	8	0
1962	30.7 °C15 April 1962	1.3 °C3 January 1962	18.7 °C	3,505 mm	3	0
1961	33.9 °C20 May 1961	1.0 °C20 December 1961	19.0 °C	2,663 mm	13	0
1960	37.0 °C5 May 1960	1.4 °C2 January 1960	19.6 °C	2,665 mm	45	0
1959	32.7 °C9 April 1959	2.4 °C9 January 1959	19.0 °C	2,518 mm	17	0
1958	32.1 °C2 June 1958	2.7 °C18 January 1958	19.5 °C	2,979 mm	16	0
1957	38.1 °C26 May 1957	1.8 °C18 January 1957	19.5 °C	2,488 mm	61	0
1956	33.9 °C19 April 1956	2.1 °C19 December 1956	18.9 °C	2,893 mm	12	0
1955	31.8 °C16 May 1955	2.5 °C3 January 1955	18.9 °C	2,808 mm	18	0
1954	32.4 °C26 April 1954	1.4 °C31 December 1954	18.7 °C	2,979 mm	19	0
1953	29.0 °C18 August 1953	-0.4 °C26 January 1953	17.9 °C	2,721 mm	0	1
1952	29.0 °C14 April 1952	1.4 °C30 December 1952	18.2 °C	3,044 mm	0	0
1951	29.3 °C24 July 1951	2.3 °C28 January 1951	18.3 °C	3,043 mm	0	0
1950	30.7 °C22 April 1950	2.4 °C8 January 1950	18.3 °C	3,474 mm	2	0
1949	27.7 °C21 September 1949	2.8 °C22 December 1949	18.2 °C	3,051 mm	0	0
1948	30.3 °C13 April 1948	2.9 °C16 January 1948	18.6 °C	2,311 mm	1	0
1947	32.0 °C17 May 1947	2.5 °C17 January 1947	18.9 °C	2,055 mm	13	0
1946	29.3 °C9 September 1946	3.4 °C6 January 1946	18.8 °C	2,769 mm	0	0
1945	31.6 °C4 April 1945	-0.1 °C8 January 1945	18.3 °C	2,536 mm	11	1
1944	29.8 °C27 May 1944	0.6 °C19 January 1944	18.5 °C	1,986 mm	0	0
1943	28.5 °C10 July 1943	1.1 °C21 January 1943	17.8 °C	2,455 mm	0	0
1942	30.9 °C24 April 1942	2.0 °C4 January 1942	18.4 °C	2,559 mm	6	0
1941	28.5 °C8 April 1941	0.8 °C12 January 1941	18.1 °C	2,644 mm	0	0
1940	30.6 °C15 April 1940	1.5 °C20 January 1940	18.1 °C	1,752 mm	2	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.1 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

21 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2639 mm

+69 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.9 °C	+1.6 °C	16 mm	-11 mm
Feb	19.9 °C	+0.4 °C	50 mm	+19 mm
Mar	24.5 °C	+0.4 °C	41 mm	-6 mm
Apr	27.1 °C	-0.1 °C	131 mm	+32 mm
May	27.2 °C	0.0 °C	350 mm	+143 mm
Jun	28.6 °C	+1.7 °C	247 mm	-212 mm
Jul	29.1 °C	+2.9 °C	324 mm	-361 mm
Aug	27.6 °C	+1.2 °C	708 mm	+190 mm
Sep	28.1 °C	+2.1 °C	377 mm	+28 mm
Oct	26.2 °C	+1.7 °C	383 mm	+268 mm
Nov	23.8 °C	+2.2 °C	12 mm	-9 mm
Dec	19.7 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.2 °C

13 Jul 2025

Coldest day

3.8 °C

3 Jan 2025

Wettest day

138.5 mm

13 Aug 2025

Windiest day

14.9 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

64.1 km/h

1 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.4 °C

3 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dhankuta?

Dhankuta has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 2,570 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dhankuta?

The hottest day measured in Dhankuta between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1957, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dhankuta?

The coldest day measured in Dhankuta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1978, at -0.7 °C.

Does it snow in Dhankuta?

Almost never: Dhankuta sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Dhankuta warmed?

Yes: Dhankuta warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dhankuta?

The wettest day measured in Dhankuta between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1946, with 326 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dhankuta?

The windiest day measured in Dhankuta between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1992, with winds reaching 18.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dhankuta?

The warmest month in Dhankuta is June (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Dhankuta?

Dhankuta receives on average 2,570 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 201 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dhankuta?

Dhankuta gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dhankuta?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dhankuta between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1953, with 0.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Dhankuta?

Yes: Dhankuta has on average 110 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dhankuta?

In Dhankuta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 4 August 2020, and the lowest was -3.9 °C on 6 January 1978.

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