Hetauda climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Hetauda?

Hetauda has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 2,101 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Hetauda between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1957, reaching 39.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Hetauda?

The coldest day measured in Hetauda between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1945, at 0.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Hetauda?

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

Q: Has the climate of Hetauda warmed?

Yes: Hetauda warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Hetauda?

The wettest day measured in Hetauda between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1970, with 371 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Hetauda?

The windiest day measured in Hetauda between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 1960, with winds reaching 20.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Hetauda?

The warmest month in Hetauda is June (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Hetauda?

Hetauda receives on average 2,101 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 177 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Hetauda?

Hetauda gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Hetauda (Nepal) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 2,101 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Hetauda averages 0 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 177 rainy days per year.

Hetauda has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 26 May 1957) and the coldest 0.3 °C (on 7 January 1945).

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

HetaudaBagmati Province

coords: 27.43°, 85.03°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

20.2°C

Average daily high

25.1°C

Average daily low

16.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,101mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

8.2km/h

Seasonal range

12.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

45 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

177 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

27.0 °C

Average feels-like low

17.1 °C

Average peak gust

28.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

138 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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

39.8 °C

26 May 1957

Coldest day

0.3 °C

7 January 1945

Wettest day

371 mm

20 July 1970

Windiest day

20.8 km/h

20 April 1960

Strongest gust

80.6 km/h

12 June 1999

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

12 August 2019

Coldest feels-like

-2.9 °C

7 January 1945

Snowiest day

3.0 cm

6 January 1945

Sunniest day

13.1 h

1 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.8 °C24 July 2025	6.7 °C10 January 2025	21.1 °C	2,159 mm	63
2024	35.7 °C30 April 2024	5.4 °C27 January 2024	21.2 °C	2,077 mm	97
2023	35.9 °C8 June 2023	5.3 °C12 January 2023	21.3 °C	1,694 mm	86
2022	33.7 °C25 April 2022	5.3 °C29 January 2022	20.9 °C	1,813 mm	61
2021	34.0 °C28 April 2021	4.4 °C29 January 2021	20.7 °C	3,189 mm	53
2020	33.0 °C4 August 2020	4.4 °C19 December 2020	20.2 °C	2,508 mm	28
2019	35.2 °C15 June 2019	4.2 °C28 December 2019	20.7 °C	2,156 mm	88
2018	32.9 °C22 April 2018	4.2 °C28 December 2018	20.5 °C	2,056 mm	47
2017	32.9 °C4 June 2017	4.1 °C14 January 2017	20.9 °C	2,273 mm	52
2016	35.5 °C29 April 2016	4.4 °C23 January 2016	21.0 °C	1,955 mm	47
2015	35.9 °C6 June 2015	3.9 °C24 December 2015	20.6 °C	1,449 mm	53
2014	34.8 °C21 May 2014	4.9 °C18 February 2014	20.6 °C	2,235 mm	71
2013	34.2 °C13 April 2013	1.1 °C9 January 2013	20.6 °C	1,875 mm	39
2012	34.9 °C23 May 2012	4.1 °C2 February 2012	20.4 °C	2,058 mm	66
2011	31.7 °C21 April 2011	3.5 °C12 January 2011	20.2 °C	1,977 mm	22
2010	35.2 °C12 April 2010	4.0 °C12 January 2010	21.2 °C	1,962 mm	74
2009	35.7 °C24 April 2009	6.0 °C6 January 2009	21.2 °C	1,906 mm	66
2008	34.9 °C25 April 2008	3.1 °C1 February 2008	20.5 °C	1,996 mm	42
2007	36.0 °C2 June 2007	4.2 °C16 January 2007	20.5 °C	2,924 mm	52
2006	34.4 °C15 April 2006	4.9 °C25 January 2006	20.9 °C	1,767 mm	47
2005	36.4 °C1 June 2005	5.8 °C30 December 2005	20.9 °C	1,739 mm	66
2004	36.4 °C15 May 2004	5.1 °C28 December 2004	20.3 °C	2,105 mm	32
2003	34.6 °C29 May 2003	3.9 °C10 January 2003	20.2 °C	2,531 mm	37
2002	34.2 °C19 April 2002	4.9 °C24 January 2002	20.4 °C	2,084 mm	10
2001	33.9 °C11 April 2001	3.3 °C10 January 2001	20.4 °C	2,141 mm	22
2000	33.0 °C8 April 2000	4.4 °C17 January 2000	20.0 °C	1,845 mm	23
1999	35.0 °C26 April 1999	4.9 °C10 January 1999	20.9 °C	3,083 mm	42
1998	34.7 °C11 June 1998	5.2 °C20 January 1998	20.6 °C	2,342 mm	35
1997	34.9 °C15 May 1997	4.4 °C14 January 1997	19.8 °C	1,870 mm	37
1996	35.8 °C20 April 1996	5.8 °C9 December 1996	20.8 °C	1,684 mm	61
1995	36.7 °C5 May 1995	2.9 °C2 January 1995	20.9 °C	2,321 mm	64
1994	37.7 °C4 May 1994	4.5 °C17 January 1994	20.8 °C	1,776 mm	66
1993	32.2 °C7 April 1993	3.1 °C21 January 1993	20.2 °C	2,096 mm	20
1992	36.6 °C13 April 1992	3.8 °C1 January 1992	20.3 °C	1,257 mm	55
1991	34.8 °C10 May 1991	3.2 °C31 December 1991	20.4 °C	1,731 mm	42
1990	33.7 °C22 April 1990	3.1 °C1 January 1990	20.1 °C	1,954 mm	20
1989	39.4 °C6 May 1989	2.7 °C20 February 1989	20.2 °C	1,873 mm	52
1988	36.3 °C7 April 1988	4.4 °C26 January 1988	20.9 °C	2,039 mm	51
1987	36.1 °C27 May 1987	5.9 °C1 January 1987	20.8 °C	2,749 mm	61
1986	35.3 °C30 March 1986	5.5 °C19 January 1986	20.1 °C	1,652 mm	45
1985	35.7 °C25 April 1985	5.1 °C15 January 1985	20.5 °C	1,966 mm	53
1984	34.3 °C20 April 1984	3.5 °C18 January 1984	20.2 °C	2,196 mm	46
1983	35.5 °C20 June 1983	3.3 °C1 February 1983	20.0 °C	1,451 mm	43
1982	36.0 °C27 May 1982	4.4 °C31 December 1982	20.2 °C	1,611 mm	52
1981	33.8 °C14 June 1981	4.6 °C17 December 1981	19.8 °C	2,131 mm	13
1980	36.8 °C25 April 1980	3.6 °C7 February 1980	20.6 °C	1,563 mm	50
1979	36.6 °C2 June 1979	4.7 °C10 March 1979	20.8 °C	1,776 mm	72
1978	34.1 °C20 May 1978	3.2 °C5 January 1978	20.2 °C	1,993 mm	24
1977	35.2 °C1 June 1977	1.5 °C29 January 1977	20.4 °C	1,529 mm	48
1976	34.4 °C14 April 1976	4.7 °C12 December 1976	20.1 °C	1,943 mm	40
1975	35.3 °C30 April 1975	3.3 °C18 January 1975	20.5 °C	2,179 mm	62
1974	34.7 °C26 April 1974	1.5 °C7 February 1974	20.2 °C	1,907 mm	42
1973	36.2 °C15 April 1973	4.9 °C25 December 1973	20.6 °C	3,185 mm	39
1972	36.8 °C1 June 1972	3.9 °C7 February 1972	20.6 °C	2,008 mm	56
1971	31.0 °C15 July 1971	3.3 °C30 January 1971	19.4 °C	2,468 mm	4
1970	34.5 °C3 May 1970	5.2 °C28 December 1970	20.1 °C	2,591 mm	38
1969	34.7 °C18 May 1969	4.3 °C15 January 1969	20.1 °C	1,568 mm	29
1968	34.4 °C26 May 1968	3.1 °C2 February 1968	19.6 °C	2,422 mm	35
1967	35.5 °C31 May 1967	4.4 °C31 January 1967	19.6 °C	1,886 mm	20
1966	36.7 °C11 June 1966	6.4 °C12 January 1966	20.2 °C	1,942 mm	71
1965	35.4 °C6 June 1965	5.0 °C8 January 1965	19.8 °C	2,209 mm	59
1964	38.5 °C7 June 1964	2.3 °C27 January 1964	20.5 °C	2,127 mm	76
1963	33.1 °C16 May 1963	4.3 °C4 January 1963	19.8 °C	2,624 mm	32
1962	32.9 °C22 May 1962	3.8 °C16 January 1962	19.6 °C	2,733 mm	29
1961	36.7 °C19 May 1961	3.6 °C10 February 1961	19.8 °C	2,121 mm	46
1960	38.0 °C5 May 1960	4.2 °C18 January 1960	20.7 °C	2,236 mm	73
1959	37.1 °C18 May 1959	5.6 °C23 January 1959	20.2 °C	2,169 mm	55
1958	37.6 °C24 May 1958	5.6 °C10 February 1958	20.9 °C	2,278 mm	68
1957	39.8 °C26 May 1957	3.3 °C12 February 1957	20.3 °C	2,102 mm	81
1956	35.3 °C19 April 1956	5.0 °C5 February 1956	19.9 °C	2,213 mm	38
1955	36.3 °C30 May 1955	4.1 °C4 January 1955	20.2 °C	1,856 mm	55
1954	34.9 °C13 May 1954	4.0 °C23 January 1954	19.7 °C	2,522 mm	40
1953	29.6 °C13 August 1953	2.9 °C24 January 1953	18.7 °C	2,403 mm	0
1952	29.2 °C14 April 1952	5.6 °C12 January 1952	18.7 °C	2,442 mm	0
1951	33.6 °C19 May 1951	6.4 °C26 January 1951	19.3 °C	2,242 mm	10
1950	33.6 °C7 June 1950	2.5 °C13 February 1950	19.3 °C	3,206 mm	36
1949	29.3 °C20 June 1949	4.4 °C8 February 1949	18.9 °C	2,812 mm	0
1948	33.3 °C30 May 1948	5.1 °C8 February 1948	19.6 °C	1,800 mm	31
1947	34.9 °C18 May 1947	5.8 °C14 January 1947	20.1 °C	1,949 mm	60
1946	32.9 °C2 June 1946	5.8 °C2 January 1946	19.8 °C	2,176 mm	27
1945	33.9 °C3 April 1945	0.3 °C7 January 1945	19.5 °C	1,782 mm	52
1944	35.4 °C15 May 1944	4.6 °C19 January 1944	19.8 °C	1,807 mm	47
1943	31.4 °C6 April 1943	3.1 °C1 February 1943	19.0 °C	1,869 mm	9
1942	33.5 °C2 June 1942	5.6 °C6 January 1942	19.6 °C	2,101 mm	35
1941	32.9 °C30 May 1941	4.4 °C22 January 1941	19.3 °C	2,097 mm	12
1940	33.1 °C11 May 1940	4.2 °C20 January 1940	19.3 °C	1,569 mm	31

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.9 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

63 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2159 mm

+58 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.7 °C	+0.7 °C	4 mm	-24 mm
Feb	21.9 °C	+1.0 °C	9 mm	-18 mm
Mar	27.0 °C	+1.2 °C	14 mm	-20 mm
Apr	29.3 °C	-0.3 °C	104 mm	+49 mm
May	28.8 °C	-1.1 °C	200 mm	+69 mm
Jun	29.4 °C	+0.6 °C	382 mm	+6 mm
Jul	29.5 °C	+2.5 °C	297 mm	-301 mm
Aug	28.1 °C	+1.0 °C	534 mm	+60 mm
Sep	28.4 °C	+1.6 °C	311 mm	+39 mm
Oct	26.6 °C	+1.2 °C	290 mm	+207 mm
Nov	23.9 °C	+1.4 °C	14 mm	+1 mm
Dec	19.0 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest day

6.7 °C

10 Jan 2025

Wettest day

136.5 mm

4 Oct 2025

Windiest day

17.2 km/h

16 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

58.7 km/h

16 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.4 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.4 °C

3 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

15 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Hetauda?

Hetauda has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 2,101 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hetauda?

The hottest day measured in Hetauda between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1957, reaching 39.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Hetauda?

The coldest day measured in Hetauda between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1945, at 0.3 °C.

Does it snow in Hetauda?

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

Has the climate of Hetauda warmed?

Yes: Hetauda warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Hetauda?

The wettest day measured in Hetauda between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1970, with 371 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Hetauda?

The windiest day measured in Hetauda between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 1960, with winds reaching 20.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Hetauda?

The warmest month in Hetauda is June (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Hetauda?

Hetauda receives on average 2,101 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 177 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Hetauda?

Hetauda 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 Hetauda?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hetauda between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1945, with 3.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Hetauda?

Yes: Hetauda has on average 138 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hetauda?

In Hetauda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 12 August 2019, and the lowest was -2.9 °C on 7 January 1945.

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