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Thimphu in February

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Thimphu is cool: highs near 53°F, lows near 27°F. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Thimphu is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
53°F12°Caverage
Low
27°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 76% of days
Daylight
11h 11mon average

Is February a good time to visit Thimphu?

February sits outside Thimphu's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about five 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 53°F in February, against 52°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in February, against 11°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

76% of days in February, against 59% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

19% cover in February, against 18% to 83% through the year.

Daylight

11h 11m in February, against 10h 26m 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. January52°11°low 25°low -4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. February53°12°low 27°low -3°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. March58°14°low 32°low 0°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Thimphu sits, in February

Asia/Thimphu
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:39 AMsets 5:52 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 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 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.