Pokhara weather in January

In January, Pokhara sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 130 mm of precipitation across 15.7 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pokhara's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pokhara's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 130 mm; 15.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:07 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 6th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Pokhara is metropolitan city of Nepal.

Air quality: Very high; PM2.5 36.1 µg/m³ · 2020
Density: 10,715/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1962

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

← December Pokhara year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pokhara reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	3
2	13	3
3	13	2
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	13	2
8	13	2
9	13	2
10	13	2
11	13	2
12	13	2
13	13	2
14	13	2
15	13	2
16	13	2
17	13	2
18	13	2
19	13	2
20	13	2
21	13	2
22	13	2
23	13	2
24	13	2
25	13	2
26	13	3
27	14	3
28	14	3
29	14	3
30	14	3
31	14	3

Pokhara weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 2°	130	15.7	10.4	3.3
Feb	15° / 3°	170	19.2	11	3.6
Mar	19° / 6°	159	19.7	11.8	4.8
Apr	22° / 9°	163	16.5	12.7	5.7
May	23° / 13°	382	23.5	13.4	4.9
Jun	24° / 18°	689	28	13.8	3.9
Jul	24° / 19°	1127	30.7	13.6	3.5
Aug	24° / 19°	966	29.8	13	3.6
Sep	24° / 17°	603	27.5	12.2	4.0
Oct	21° / 12°	197	19.1	11.3	5.4
Nov	18° / 8°	147	16.2	10.6	5.0
Dec	15° / 5°	105	14.5	10.2	4.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	50	50	49	48	47	46	46	45	45	43	43	43	41	41	42	41	41
Cloudier (%)	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	54	55	55	57	57	57	59	59	58	59	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	41	59
31	41	59

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pokhara gets around 130 mm of rain and snow over 15.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 51% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	61	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	45
7	45
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	47
12	48
13	48
14	49
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	52
20	52
21	53
22	54
23	55
24	56
25	57
26	58
27	59
28	60
29	61
30	61
31	62

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 5:42 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03
Sunset (PM)	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:05	5:19
2	10.2	7:06	5:20
3	10.2	7:06	5:21
4	10.3	7:06	5:21
5	10.3	7:06	5:22
6	10.3	7:06	5:23
7	10.3	7:07	5:23
8	10.3	7:07	5:24
9	10.3	7:07	5:25
10	10.3	7:07	5:25
11	10.3	7:07	5:26
12	10.3	7:07	5:27
13	10.3	7:07	5:28
14	10.4	7:07	5:28
15	10.4	7:07	5:29
16	10.4	7:07	5:30
17	10.4	7:07	5:31
18	10.4	7:07	5:32
19	10.4	7:06	5:32
20	10.4	7:06	5:33
21	10.5	7:06	5:34
22	10.5	7:06	5:35
23	10.5	7:06	5:36
24	10.5	7:05	5:36
25	10.5	7:05	5:37
26	10.6	7:05	5:38
27	10.6	7:05	5:39
28	10.6	7:04	5:40
29	10.6	7:04	5:40
30	10.6	7:03	5:41
31	10.7	7:03	5:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 3.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Pokhara

In seasonPeak

None of Pokhara's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Pokhara'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 January a good time to visit Pokhara?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pokhara.

What to pack for Pokhara in January

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

In January, Pokhara sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 2°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 16 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

UV index in Pokhara in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pokhara peaks around August 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 5 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	6	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	9	5	5
Level	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Pokhara in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Pokhara is worst in January — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Pokhara's WHO annual average of 36.1 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	55	51	48	48	36	28	13	16	19	30	41	49
Level	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	55	Unhealthy
Feb	51	Poor
Mar	48	Poor
Apr	48	Poor
May	36	Poor
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	41	Poor
Dec	49	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Pokhara?

Pokhara sits at 28.3°N, 84.0°E, 1,008 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Bāgluṅ, 36 km away.

Topography around Pokhara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pokhara has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 784 m around an average of 1,094 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,119 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,986 m.

The land around Pokhara is covered by trees (58%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) within 80 km.

3 km

784 m

trees 58%

16 km

3,119 m

trees 76%

80 km

7,986 m

trees 61%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

← December Pokhara year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Bāgluṅ 36 km · Wāliṅ 38 km · Tānsen 61 km · Chitwan 80 km · Butwāl 82 km · Siddharthanagar 99 km · Lumbini 115 km · Hetauda 140 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

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 Pokhara (28.2669°, 83.9685°, elevation 1,008 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	3
2	13	3
3	13	2
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	13	2
8	13	2
9	13	2
10	13	2
11	13	2
12	13	2
13	13	2
14	13	2
15	13	2
16	13	2
17	13	2
18	13	2
19	13	2
20	13	2
21	13	2
22	13	2
23	13	2
24	13	2
25	13	2
26	13	3
27	14	3
28	14	3
29	14	3
30	14	3
31	14	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	41	59
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	45
7	45
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	47
12	48
13	48
14	49
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	52
20	52
21	53
22	54
23	55
24	56
25	57
26	58
27	59
28	60
29	61
30	61
31	62

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	3
2	13	3
3	13	2
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	13	2
8	13	2
9	13	2
10	13	2
11	13	2
12	13	2
13	13	2
14	13	2
15	13	2
16	13	2
17	13	2
18	13	2
19	13	2
20	13	2
21	13	2
22	13	2
23	13	2
24	13	2
25	13	2
26	13	3
27	14	3
28	14	3
29	14	3
30	14	3
31	14	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	41	59
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	45
7	45
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	47
12	48
13	48
14	49
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	52
20	52
21	53
22	54
23	55
24	56
25	57
26	58
27	59
28	60
29	61
30	61
31	62

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	3
2	13	3
3	13	2
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	13	2
8	13	2
9	13	2
10	13	2
11	13	2
12	13	2
13	13	2
14	13	2
15	13	2
16	13	2
17	13	2
18	13	2
19	13	2
20	13	2
21	13	2
22	13	2
23	13	2
24	13	2
25	13	2
26	13	3
27	14	3
28	14	3
29	14	3
30	14	3
31	14	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	41	59
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	45
7	45
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	47
12	48
13	48
14	49
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	52
20	52
21	53
22	54
23	55
24	56
25	57
26	58
27	59
28	60
29	61
30	61
31	62

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100