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Marpha in January

Chilly and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Marpha is chilly: highs near 42°F, lows near 12°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Marpha is chilly: highs near 6°C, lows near -11°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
42°F6°Caverage
Low
12°F-11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 29% of days
Daylight
10h 32mon average

Is January a good time to visit Marpha?

January sits outside Marpha's best months, which run from June to August. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about two 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

29% of days in January, against 18% to 99% through the year.

Cloud cover

25% cover in January, against 14% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

10h 32m in January, against 10h 20m to 13h 57m 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. December51°11°low 20°low -7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January42°6°low 12°low -11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February42°6°low 13°low -11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Marpha sits, in January

Asia/Kathmandu
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:04 AMsets 5:34 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 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 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.