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Punakha in October

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Punakha is warm: highs near 77°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Punakha is warm: highs near 25°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
77°F25°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 88% of days
Daylight
11h 26mon average

Is October a good time to visit Punakha?

Yes. October is one of Punakha's best months (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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 77°F in October, against 61°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 25°C in October, against 16°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

88% of days in October, against 77% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in October, against 19% to 82% through the year.

Daylight

11h 26m in October, against 10h 25m to 13h 51m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September80°27°low 62°low 17°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. October77°25°low 57°low 14°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. November70°21°low 49°low 9°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Punakha sits, in October

Asia/Thimphu
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:00 AMsets 5:33 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.