According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Nepal is March to May and October to November. Plan 10–12 days.
Best months for Nepal
- Best months
- March to May and October to November
- How long to stay
- 10–12 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Nepal is best for
Iconic Himalayan treks in Annapurna and Everest, sacred Kathmandu temples, and wildlife safaris in Chitwan.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Nepal by month
Monthly averages around Kathmandu; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 11 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| February | about 14 °C | little rain (18 mm) |
| March best | about 18 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| April best | about 22 °C | some rain (36 mm) |
| May best | about 24 °C | some rain (87 mm) |
| June | about 25 °C | a lot of rain (171 mm) |
| July | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (270 mm) |
| August | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (231 mm) |
| September | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (168 mm) |
| October best | about 19 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| November best | about 16 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| December | about 12 °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 Nepal
- Capital
- Kathmandu
- Language
- Nepali
- Currency
- Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
- Time
- UTC+5:45
- Plugs
- Type C, D · 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +977
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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