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Punakha in November

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

November in Punakha is warm: highs near 70°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.November in Punakha is warm: highs near 21°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
70°F21°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 81% of days
Daylight
10h 45mon average

Is November a good time to visit Punakha?

A good month, just outside Punakha's best months, which run from July to October.

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 November sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 70°F in November, against 61°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in November, against 16°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

81% of days in November, against 77% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

23% cover in November, against 19% to 82% through the year.

Daylight

10h 45m in November, against 10h 25m to 13h 51m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. October77°25°low 57°low 14°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. November70°21°low 49°low 9°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. December64°18°low 43°low 6°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Punakha sits, in November

Asia/Thimphu
this place
typical high in November 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-November
6:21 AMsets 5:10 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 November, 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 November

high · low · wet days
See November 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.