Riding weather · Nepal
Kathmandu Valley motorcycle weather by month
On our rules, the best months to ride in the Kathmandu Valley area are April and October.
The driest months are November to January; the wettest is July, with about 805 mm of rain over 31 rain days.
Days are warmest in June (average high 24 °C) and nights coldest in January (average low 5 °C).
Month by month
Kathmandu, Nagarkot and Dhulikhel.
- JanPoor14°/5°44 mm
- FebMixed16°/7°48 mm
- MarMixed20°/9°71 mm
- AprGood23°/12°93 mm
- MayMixed23°/15°216 mm
- JunPoor24°/18°441 mm
- JulPoor24°/19°805 mm
- AugPoor24°/19°617 mm
- SeptPoor23°/18°405 mm
- OctGood21°/14°112 mm
- NovMixed18°/10°14 mm
- DecMixed16°/7°18 mm
Average high/low in °C and monthly rain. How we rate months
- The summer monsoon brings heavy rain, and floods and landslides can close mountain roads. Source
Show the numbers
| Month | Riding | High | Low | Rain | Rain days | PM2.5 | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Poor | 14 °C 57 °F | 5 °C 41 °F | 44 mm | 7 | 55 | heavy haze, cold |
| February | Mixed | 16 °C 61 °F | 7 °C 44 °F | 48 mm | 7 | 48 | hazy |
| March | Mixed | 20 °C 67 °F | 9 °C 48 °F | 71 mm | 12 | 37 | hazy |
| April | Good | 23 °C 73 °F | 12 °C 54 °F | 93 mm | 14 | 33 | |
| May | Mixed | 23 °C 74 °F | 15 °C 59 °F | 216 mm | 24 | 32 | wet |
| June | Poor | 24 °C 75 °F | 18 °C 64 °F | 441 mm | 28 | 31 | very wet |
| July | Poor | 24 °C 74 °F | 19 °C 66 °F | 805 mm | 31 | 18 | very wet |
| August | Poor | 24 °C 75 °F | 19 °C 66 °F | 617 mm | 31 | 19 | very wet |
| September | Poor | 23 °C 74 °F | 18 °C 64 °F | 405 mm | 29 | 19 | very wet |
| October | Good | 21 °C 70 °F | 14 °C 58 °F | 112 mm | 14 | 26 | |
| November | Mixed | 18 °C 65 °F | 10 °C 51 °F | 14 mm | 5 | 44 | hazy |
| December | Mixed | 16 °C 60 °F | 7 °C 45 °F | 18 mm | 3 | 49 | hazy |
Rain days: days with at least 1 mm. Averages of daily values, 2015 to 2024, for Kathmandu and Nagarkot road, corrected to riding elevation. Reanalysis smooths mountains and local showers, so read these as a regional picture rather than a forecast. PM2.5 in µg/m³ from the CAMS global model, 2022 to 2025; it tends to read lower than ground monitors during smoke episodes.
Climate data: Open-Meteo / ERA5, 2015 to 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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