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Kathmandu in March

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Kathmandu is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Kathmandu is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
11h 57mon average

Is March 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 73°F in March, against 64°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in March, against 18°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in March, against 9% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

24% cover in March, against 16% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

11h 57m in March, against 10h 25m to 13h 52m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February66°19°low 44°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March73°23°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April80°27°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Kathmandu sits, in March

Asia/Kathmandu
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:15 AMsets 6:12 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March 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.