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Thimphu in April

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Thimphu is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 37°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days lengthen by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Thimphu is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days lengthen by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
37°F3°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 92% of days
Daylight
12h 48mon average

Is April a good time to visit Thimphu?

April sits outside Thimphu's best months, which run from June to September. 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 April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 65°F in April, against 52°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in April, against 11°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

92% of days in April, against 59% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in April, against 18% to 83% through the year.

Daylight

12h 48m in April, against 10h 26m to 13h 51m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. March58°14°low 32°low 0°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. April65°18°low 37°low 3°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. May70°21°low 44°low 7°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Thimphu sits, in April

Asia/Thimphu
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:38 AMsets 6:25 PM
Above the sea
2,350 mhigh country
Latitude
27.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Paro22 km west

The land around Thimphu, shaded by its typical high in April, 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 April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Thimphu

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Thimphu. 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 (2,350 m) against the climate model's (3,389 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 (2,350 m) against the climate model's (3,389 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.