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Wangdue Phodrang in October

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Wangdue Phodrang is mild: highs near 61°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Wangdue Phodrang is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
61°F16°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 82% of days
Daylight
11h 26mon average

Is October a good time to visit Wangdue Phodrang?

October sits outside Wangdue Phodrang's best months, which run from June to August. 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 61°F in October, against 44°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in October, against 7°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

82% of days in October, against 59% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

52% cover in October, against 22% to 83% through the year.

Daylight

11h 26m in October, against 10h 26m 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.

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  1. September65°18°low 48°low 9°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. October61°16°low 42°low 6°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. November54°12°low 34°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Wangdue Phodrang sits, in October

Asia/Thimphu
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:58 AMsets 5:31 PM
Above the sea
3,000 mhigh country
Latitude
27.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Punakha32 km west

The land around Wangdue Phodrang, 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 Wangdue Phodrang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Wangdue Phodrang. 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 (3,000 m) against the climate model's (3,405 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 (3,000 m) against the climate model's (3,405 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.