Dolpa weather by month & the best time to visit
Nepal · highland town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Dolpa is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100). Dolpa averages about 2,545 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 70 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,545
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 81/100
- Rain / year
- 1,065 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈65 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 23k
- Elevation
- 2,492 m
When is the best time to visit Dolpa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Dolpa is May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 21 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Dolpa?
Dolpa gets a lot of sun: around 2,545 hours a year. 81 Sunshine Score points separate May (81) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 18 destinations in Nepal for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,469 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 65% of the year's 1,065 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -5° / 23°F | 21 mm | 4 |
| February | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -4° / 25°F | 30 mm | 6 |
| March | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 0° / 32°F | 29 mm | 8 |
| April | 59 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 30 mm | 9 |
| May | 81 | 20° / 68°F | 8° / 46°F | 70 mm | 9 |
| June | 66 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 169 mm | 8 |
| July | 66 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 301 mm | 7 |
| August | 66 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 225 mm | 8 |
| September | 69 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 136 mm | 8 |
| October | 65 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 41 mm | 7 |
| November | 46 | 14° / 57°F | 2° / 36°F | 5 mm | 5 |
| December | 15 | 10° / 50°F | -2° / 28°F | 8 mm | 4 |
Nearby places for sunshine
- Pokhara Nepal · 143 km · best in Nov · 2,469 h sun/yr
- Nepalgunj Nepal · 149 km · best in Nov · 2,459 h sun/yr
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) Nepal · 175 km · best in Nov · 2,692 h sun/yr
- Kathmandu Nepal · 287 km · best in Mar · 2,569 h sun/yr
- Lucknow India · 312 km · best in Nov · 2,543 h sun/yr
- Varanasi India · 393 km · best in Nov · 2,462 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Jumla Nepal · 69 km · 2,966 h sun/yr · best in May
- Jomsom Nepal · 91 km · 2,468 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Surkhet Nepal · 124 km · 2,458 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Simikot Nepal · 146 km · 2,660 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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