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Punakha in February

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Punakha is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 40°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days lengthen by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Punakha is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days lengthen by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
40°F4°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 86% of days
Daylight
11h 11mon average

Is February a good time to visit Punakha?

February sits outside Punakha's best months, which run from July to October. Expect mild days and rain on about six days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 62°F in February, against 61°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in February, against 16°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

86% of days in February, against 77% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

25% cover in February, against 19% to 82% through the year.

Daylight

11h 11m in February, against 10h 25m to 13h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. January61°16°low 38°low 3°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. February62°17°low 40°low 4°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. March68°20°low 45°low 7°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Punakha sits, in February

Asia/Thimphu
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:39 AMsets 5:51 PM
Above the sea
1,240 mupland
Latitude
27.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Thimphu26 km south-west

The land around Punakha, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Bhutan in February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Punakha

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Punakha. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,240 m) against the climate model's (1,872 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,240 m) against the climate model's (1,872 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.