Climate and average weather in Gaur

In Gaur, the summers are muggy, sweltering, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are warm and clear.

Best: mid November to late February

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Gaur typically varies from 10°C to 37°C, and is rarely below 7°C or above 42°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Gaur for warm-weather activities is from mid November to late February.

Hottest
May
37°
Coldest
Jan
10°
Wettest
Jul
450 mm
Driest
Nov
5 mm
Rain / yr
1542 mm
135 wet days
Daylight
10.3–13.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
66 m
26.8°N
Clearest
Nov
15% cloud

Gaur is city in Nepal.

Density
856/km²
people per km²

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

Gaur weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid November to late February.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Gaur, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.4 months, from March 20 to June 29, with daily high temperatures above 33°C. The hottest month of the year in Gaur is May, with an average high of 37°C and low of 26°C.

The cool season lasts 1.8 months, from December 13 to February 6, with daily high temperatures below 25°C. The coldest month of the year in Gaur is January, with an average low of 10°C and high of 23°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in March.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2310
Feb2714
Mar3318
Apr3723
May3726
Jun3527
Jul3327
Aug3327
Sep3226
Oct3222
Nov2916
Dec2512

How hot and cold Gaur really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Gaur feels like about 44°C (around June 15). About 231 days a year carry some heat stress, and 155 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in June.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan23231010
Feb27271314
Mar33331818
Apr37372323
May41372626
Jun44352727
Jul42332727
Aug42332727
Sep41322626
Oct36322222
Nov29291616
Dec25251212

Average hourly temperature in Gaur

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on May afternoons, near 37°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 10°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Gaur weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 10°152.110.58.7
Feb27° / 14°202.411.18.2
Mar33° / 18°172.511.84.8
Apr37° / 23°336.312.61.9
May37° / 26°971313.31.6
Jun35° / 27°24421.513.61.7
Jul33° / 27°45028.313.52.0
Aug33° / 27°34227.812.92.1
Sep32° / 26°25823.312.22.7
Oct32° / 22°546.311.44.9
Nov29° / 16°50.410.77.4
Dec25° / 12°70.710.39.1

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Gaur gets about 1542 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.9 months, from around May 11 to Oct 6, peaking in July at about 94% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 26.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 450 mm over about 28 wet days; November is the driest, with 5 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 9 · 94%Nov 26 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan72
Feb82
Mar93
Apr216
May4213
Jun7222
Jul9128
Aug8928
Sep7623
Oct226
Nov20
Dec21

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Gaur collects about 1542 mm of rain across 135 wet days — roughly 128 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 450 mm, while November is the driest at just 5 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 68% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec15201733972444503422585457
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan152
Feb202
Mar173
Apr336
May9713
Jun24422
Jul45028
Aug34228
Sep25823
Oct546
Nov50
Dec71

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Gaur, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around September 30 and lasts for 8.2 months, ending around June 7. The clearest month is November, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 93% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 8 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around September 29. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 91% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNov 5 · 94%Aug 2 · 7%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8713
Feb8614
Mar8812
Apr8812
May8614
Jun4852
Jul991
Aug1189
Sep4258
Oct8614
Nov937
Dec9010

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 12, brings about 13 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.56:595:28
Feb11.16:475:50
Mar11.86:196:08
Apr12.65:456:23
May13.35:216:40
Jun13.65:146:54
Jul13.55:246:55
Aug12.95:396:37
Sep12.25:546:03
Oct11.46:085:30
Nov10.76:295:09
Dec10.36:505:10

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Gaur averages about 17 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 8.1 months, from around Oct 1 to Jun 3. The sunniest month is November, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is July, down near 1 sunny days — about 98% fewer than the November peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantNov 427 daysJul 290 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan23Bright
Feb21Brilliant
Mar24Brilliant
Apr21Bright
May20Bright
Jun9Mixed
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep8Mixed
Oct24Brilliant
Nov26Brilliant
Dec25Brilliant

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Gaur, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around April 20 to November 11. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 12 to April 19, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 11 · 100%Jun 15 · 0%comfortablemuggyhumidoppressivemiserabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan84151000
Feb57349000
Mar483017400
Apr2914192990
May447254615
Jun00121878
Jul00000100
Aug00000100
Sep0000991
Oct0312223825
Nov1437321520
Dec63324000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Gaur is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Feb 28 to Sep 11. The windiest month is June, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 12 to Feb 27, with October the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJun 14 · 11 km/hOct 26 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb8calm
Mar9calm
Apr11calm
May11calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug10calm
Sep8calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Hazard calendar for Gaur

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

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

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

Best time to visit Gaur

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Gaur throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid February, Gaur is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Gaur for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid November to late February, with a peak score in the third week of December.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 19 · 9.3

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan8.8ideal
Feb8.2ideal
Mar4.8fair
Apr2.0poor
May1.6poor
Jun1.7poor
Jul2.0poor
Aug2.1poor
Sep2.7poor
Oct4.9fair
Nov7.4good
Dec9.1ideal

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Gaur for hot-weather activities run from late January to late March and again from mid October to late December, with a peak score in the third week of November.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 17 · 9.2

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Gaur, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around May (highs near 37°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 23°C), pack light clothes.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In May, Gaur sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Gaur by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gaur peaks around July 21 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJul 21UV 10Jan 19UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr7Very high
May7Very high
Jun7High
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Gaur

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan30
Feb3.50
Mar74
Apr73.5
May73.5
Jun73
Jul85.5
Aug7.55
Sep74
Oct5.50
Nov30
Dec30

Air quality in Gaur by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Gaur is worst in January — around 247 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (July, 49 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240270JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyJan 12245 µg/m³Jul 1951 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan247Very unhealthy
Feb200Very unhealthy
Mar153Very unhealthy
Apr115Unhealthy
May88Unhealthy
Jun74Unhealthy
Jul49Poor
Aug62Unhealthy
Sep80Unhealthy
Oct134Unhealthy
Nov196Very unhealthy
Dec236Very unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Gaur is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Gaur banks about 5,809 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan204
Feb281
Mar480
Apr601
May662
Jun628
Jul612
Aug609
Sep570
Oct521
Nov382
Dec258

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Gaur receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.9 and 6.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.2 months, from around Feb 15 to Jun 21. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.9 kWh/m² — roughly 42% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 236.8 kWhDec 193.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.1Bright
Feb4.9Bright
Mar6.1Intense
Apr6.7Intense
May6.5Intense
Jun5.3Bright
Jul4.1Bright
Aug4.2Bright
Sep4.3Bright
Oct4.7Bright
Nov4.4Bright
Dec3.9Moderate

Where is Gaur?

Gaur sits at 26.8°N, 85.3°E, 66 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Malaṅgawā, 30 km away.

BirgañjJaleshwarJanakpurHetaudaSirahaPanautiDhulikhel

Topography around Gaur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gaur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 73 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,496 m.

The land around Gaur is covered by cropland (58%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
12 m
16 km
29 m
80 km
2,496 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Malaṅgawā 30 km · Birgañj 48 km · Jaleshwar 54 km · Janakpur 65 km · Hetauda 78 km · Siraha 93 km · Panauti 94 km · Dhulikhel 99 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 Gaur (26.7637°, 85.2766°, elevation 66 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).