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Kathmandu in December

Mild and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Kathmandu is mild: highs near 67°F, lows near 47°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 25 minutes.December in Kathmandu is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 25 minutes.

High
67°F19°Caverage
Low
47°F8°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 9% of days
Daylight
10h 25mon average

Is December a good time to visit Kathmandu?

A good month, just outside Kathmandu's best months, which run from November.

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 67°F in December, against 64°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in December, against 18°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

9% of days in December, against 9% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

16% cover in December, against 16% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

10h 25m in December, against 10h 25m to 13h 52m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November72°22°low 53°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December67°19°low 47°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January64°18°low 43°low 6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Kathmandu sits, in December

Asia/Kathmandu
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:47 AMsets 5:11 PM
Above the sea
1,300 mupland
Latitude
27.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Pumdibhumdi143 km north-west

The land around Kathmandu, shaded by its typical high in December, 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 Nepal in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Kathmandu

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kathmandu. 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 (1,300 m) against the climate model's (1,614 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 (1,300 m) against the climate model's (1,614 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.