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Marpha in August

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Marpha is warm: highs near 71°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Marpha is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
71°F22°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 99% of days
Daylight
13h 08mon average

Is August a good time to visit Marpha?

Yes. August is one of Marpha's best months (June to August).

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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 71°F in August, against 42°F to 71°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in August, against 6°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

99% of days in August, against 18% to 99% through the year.

Cloud cover

80% cover in August, against 14% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

13h 08m in August, against 10h 20m to 13h 57m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. July71°22°low 50°low 10°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. August71°22°low 50°low 10°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. September68°20°low 45°low 7°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Marpha sits, in August

Asia/Kathmandu
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:39 AMsets 6:51 PM
Above the sea
2,800 mhigh country
Latitude
28.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Pumdibhumdi68 km south-east

The land around Marpha, shaded by its typical high in August, 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 August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Marpha

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Marpha. 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 (2,800 m) against the climate model's (3,963 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 (2,800 m) against the climate model's (3,963 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.