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Kathmandu in January

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Kathmandu is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 43°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 17 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Kathmandu is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 17 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
43°F6°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
10h 36mon average

Is January a good time to visit Kathmandu?

January sits outside Kathmandu's best months, which run from November. Expect mild days and rain on about one day 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in January, against 9% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

19% cover in January, against 16% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

10h 36m in January, against 10h 25m to 13h 52m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December67°19°low 47°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January64°18°low 43°low 6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February66°19°low 44°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Kathmandu sits, in January

Asia/Kathmandu
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:55 AMsets 5:29 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.