According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Bhutan is March to May and September to November. Plan 7–8 days.
Best months for Bhutan
- Best months
- March to May and September to November
- How long to stay
- 7–8 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Bhutan is best for
Famous for cliffside monasteries like Tiger's Nest, fortress dzongs, and untouched Himalayan mountain valleys.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Bhutan by month
Monthly averages around Thimphu; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about −2 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| February | about 0 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| March best | about 2 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| April best | about 6 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
| May best | about 9 °C | a lot of rain (105 mm) |
| June | about 12 °C | a lot of rain (153 mm) |
| July | about 13 °C | a lot of rain (249 mm) |
| August | about 12 °C | a lot of rain (201 mm) |
| September best | about 11 °C | a lot of rain (135 mm) |
| October best | about 7 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| November best | about 3 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| December | about 0 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Bhutan
- Capital
- Thimphu
- Language
- Dzongkha
- Currencies
- Indian Rupee (INR) and Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN)
- Time
- UTC+6
- Plugs
- Type C, D, F, G · 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +975
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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