Janakpur weather in June

In June, Janakpur sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 229 mm of rain across 20.7 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in June, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of June to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Janakpur's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Janakpur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
229 mm
20.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
5:11 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover
63%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Janakpur is city in Dhanusha District, Nepal.

Density
1,950/km²
people per km²
Founded
1800

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical June day in Janakpur reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and about 2°C warmer than July.

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How June really feels in Janakpur

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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
30
30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Janakpur weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 10°141.910.58.7
Feb27° / 13°13211.18.3
Mar32° / 18°112.111.84.9
Apr36° / 23°275.112.62.3
May36° / 26°8711.713.32.0
Jun34° / 27°22920.713.62.1
Jul32° / 26°39826.813.52.3
Aug32° / 26°27026.112.92.4
Sep32° / 25°22521.412.23.0
Oct31° / 22°535.511.45.3
Nov29° / 16°30.410.77.7
Dec25° / 12°50.710.49.1

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27624
37426
47327
57129
66931
76832
86535
96337
106040
115743
125545
135248
144951
154654
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193565
203367
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232575
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Janakpur gets around 229 mm of rain over 20.7 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 69% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%100%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
148
248
349
451
552
653
755
856
958
1060
1162
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1366
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1569
1671
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1875
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2988
3088

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the miserable band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11285732
21275535
31275337
41265140
51164843
61154647
71154350
80144055
90143857
100133561
110133264
120022969
130022771
140012475
150012178
160011980
170001684
180001486
190001288
200001090
21000991
22000793
23000694
24000595
25000496
26000496
27000397
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29000298
30000298

Wind in June

Winds average 10 km/h in June, the windiest month of the year.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
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Sunrise & sunset in June

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of June to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 5:12 AM to 5:14 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.65:126:45
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413.65:126:47
513.65:126:47
613.65:116:48
713.65:116:48
813.65:116:49
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1213.75:116:50
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.59 kWh/m² in April across the year — June's 5.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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95.5Bright
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125.3Bright
135.3Bright
145.2Bright
155.1Bright
165.0Bright
175.0Bright
184.9Bright
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204.7Bright
214.7Bright
224.6Bright
234.5Bright
244.5Bright
254.4Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.2Bright
294.2Bright
304.1Bright
Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Janakpur

In seasonPeak

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

Janakpur'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

Is June a good time to visit Janakpur?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Janakpur.

What to pack for Janakpur in June

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

In June, Janakpur sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Janakpur in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Janakpur 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 highVery highModerateJul 19UV 11Nov 22UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Janakpur in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Janakpur is worst in January — around 169 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (July, 35 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 12167 µg/m³Jul 2036 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan169Very unhealthy
Feb138Unhealthy
Mar107Unhealthy
Apr87Unhealthy
May70Unhealthy
Jun57Unhealthy
Jul35Moderate
Aug43Poor
Sep55Unhealthy
Oct87Unhealthy
Nov125Unhealthy
Dec160Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Janakpur?

Janakpur sits at 26.7°N, 85.9°E, 83 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Jaleshwar, 15 km away.

LahānGaurTriyugaRājbirājPanauti

Topography around Janakpur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Janakpur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 75 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,457 m.

The land around Janakpur is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, cropland (74%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
70 m
80 km
2,457 m
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June weather nearby: Jaleshwar 15 km · Siraha 29 km · Malaṅgawā 39 km · Lahān 55 km · Gaur 65 km · Triyuga 77 km · Rājbirāj 84 km · Panauti 103 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 Janakpur (26.7288°, 85.9263°, elevation 83 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).