Birgañj weather in July

In July, Birgañj sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 442 mm of rain across 28.6 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of July to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Birgañj's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Birgañj's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
27°
11th coldest
Rainfall
442 mm
28.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:25 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover
87%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Birgañj is Metropolitan city in Parsa District, Madhesh Province, Nepal.

Density
3,566/km²
people per km²
Founded
1897

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical July day in Birgañj reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Birgañj

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Birgañj weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 10°131.810.58.7
Feb26° / 13°172.1118.4
Mar32° / 17°122.111.85.0
Apr37° / 23°265.212.62.1
May37° / 26°7611.513.31.7
Jun35° / 27°22520.513.71.9
Jul33° / 27°44228.613.52.1
Aug32° / 27°34728.2132.2
Sep32° / 26°22522.712.22.8
Oct31° / 22°45511.45.2
Nov29° / 16°50.410.77.7
Dec24° / 12°70.610.39.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21387
31387
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51189
61189
7991
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Birgañj gets around 442 mm of rain over 28.6 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 92% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
192
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1793
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1992
2092
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3088
3188

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the miserable band about 100% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Miserable (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of July to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:18 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:186:59
213.75:196:59
313.75:196:59
413.75:196:59
513.75:206:59
613.75:206:59
713.65:216:59
813.65:216:59
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1013.65:226:59
1113.65:226:59
1213.65:236:59
1313.65:236:58
1413.65:246:58
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1613.55:256:58
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1813.55:266:57
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2013.55:276:56
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2213.55:286:55
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2413.45:296:55
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2613.45:306:54
2713.45:306:53
2813.45:316:53
2913.35:316:52
3013.35:326:51
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 4.03 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Birgañj

In seasonPeak

In July, Birgañj sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Birgañj's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Birgañj sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Birgañj?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.1
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Birgañj.

What to pack for Birgañj in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Birgañj sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Birgañj in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Birgañj peaks around July 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 19UV 11Nov 22UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar9Very high
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Birgañj in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Birgañj is worst in January — around 257 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (July, 54 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180210240270JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyJan 10256 µg/m³Jul 1956 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan257Very unhealthy
Feb211Very unhealthy
Mar167Very unhealthy
Apr124Unhealthy
May89Unhealthy
Jun80Unhealthy
Jul54Poor
Aug67Unhealthy
Sep85Unhealthy
Oct146Unhealthy
Nov219Very unhealthy
Dec252Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Birgañj?

Birgañj sits at 27.0°N, 84.9°E, 89 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Hetauda, 48 km away.

HetaudaGaurMalaṅgawāKi̇̄rtipurPatanChitwanKathmanduMadhyapur Thimi

Topography around Birgañj

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Birgañj.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Birgañj has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 83 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,848 m.

The land around Birgañj is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, cropland (80%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
66 m
80 km
2,848 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Hetauda 48 km · Gaur 48 km · Malaṅgawā 70 km · Ki̇̄rtipur 83 km · Patan 85 km · Chitwan 86 km · Kathmandu 88 km · Madhyapur Thimi 89 km

Nepal travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / D / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 24% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,536
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
16%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.1
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
16.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 514
Religion
Hindu 81%Buddhist 8%Muslim 5%Kirat 3%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Birgañj (27.0174°, 84.8805°, elevation 89 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).