JUL · BIRATNAGAR
26.46° N · 87.28° E
Destination brief
Koshi Province, Nepal
Travel Score
79
out of 100
In short
A good time to go.
Explore
A balanced mix of sights, food and day trips.
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Weather forecast
Great weather and steady: Mon Nov 2 and Tue Nov 3
Average weather score 96 out of 100, the best of 3 two- and three-day runs in the forecast.
Weather forecast only: air quality, events and safety are shown separately.
Every component and the reason behind it. The full formula is on the Method page.
Average daily weather score 95/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 9% chance of rain on Nov 1.
US EPA index 3: Unhealthy for sensitive groups.
WeatherAPI
BiratnagarUpdated 9:15 PM local time
23°C
Smoky haze
Feels like 26°High 30° · Low 21°
Rain now
12%
Rain today
9% chance
Humidity
87%
Wind
8 km/h NW
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Tihar
FestivalNepal · Nationwide
Oct–Nov 2026Approx.
Nepal's five-day festival of lights, a few weeks after Dashain: oil lamps and rangoli at homes, honouring crows, dogs, cows and brothers. Laxmi Puja is on 8 November in 2026.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 54 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 61 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Events marked “Approx.” are known by month, not a specific day. Exact dates are recorded for 2026; check locally before you plan around them.
US EPA index
3 / 6
Unhealthy for sensitive groupsChildren, older adults and people with heart or breathing conditions should reduce prolonged outdoor exertion.
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Power is what the wall supplies, not what a device needs: most phone and laptop chargers take 100 to 240 V, so you usually need only a plug adapter. Check the label on your device.
Plugs, power and driving side are shown only where two sources agree (Wikipedia, Mains electricity by country (from the IEC's World Plugs), worldstandards.eu, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Left- and right-hand traffic), checked 2026-10-11. See .
No Level 3 or 4 advisory in our data (not a guarantee of safety).
No storms or heavy rain in the next 3 days.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
9:33 PM
Sunday, November 1
Visibility
5.6 km
UV index
Low (0)
Local time at destination
Today
Nov 1
30° 21°
Smoky haze · 9% rain
Mon
Nov 2
30° 22°
Smoky haze · 8% rain
Tue
Nov 3
30° 21°
Smoky haze · 7% rain
No known advisory
No Level 3 or 4 advisory found for this destination in our data. This is not a guarantee of safety. Check your government's official travel advice before you go.
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisories (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-22 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 22, 2026.
Emergency numbers for this country aren't in our data yet. Look them up before you travel.
Nepali is one of this country’s main languages; local languages can differ by region. Only words that Wiktionary and Wikivoyage phrasebooks both give are shown (CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-11). Some languages change a word with who is speaking or how formal you are: these are the common forms.
Visa and passport rules depend on your nationality: check your government’s travel advice before you book.
Biratnagar is the capital and largest & fastest growing city of the easternmost Koshi Province, Nepal.
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NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: November, December and January. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.
Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.
Typical weather
31° 25°
Very wet
About 379 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
None recorded in our calendar.
What to pack
Worked out from the typical weather of this month, not from a forecast: check the forecast in the days before you go. From our festival calendar. Dates marked approximate are only known by month and can move; an empty list means none is recorded, not that nothing is on.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Pleasant | 22° / 10° | 6 mm | 100 |
| February | Pleasant | 26° / 13° | 10 mm | 100 |
| March | Warm | 32° / 17° | 23 mm | 82 |
| April | Hot | 36° / 22° | 52 mm | 64 |
| May | Hot and wet | 36° / 24° | 128 mm | 53 |
| June | Hot and wet | 34° / 25° | 216 mm | 45 |
| July | Very wet | 31° / 25° |
Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.
| 379 mm |
| 48 |
| August | Very wet | 31° / 25° | 269 mm | 55 |
|---|
| September | Wet | 30° / 23° | 235 mm | 63 |
|---|
| October | Warm | 28° / 20° | 68 mm | 93 |
|---|
| November | Pleasant | 26° / 16° | 4 mm | 100 |
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| December | Pleasant | 23° / 11° | 2 mm | 100 |
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Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 152.08 NPR, as of 1 Nov 2026
A mid-market rate, not what a bank, card or exchange desk will give you. Rates By Exchange Rate API (opens in a new tab)
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Towns within a day trip, best conditions first. Pick one for its full brief.
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Open briefSiraha
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78Good to travel
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Open briefTowns 25 to 150 km away, the larger ones first, each with its own live conditions. Ranked by conditions, nearness and size. Distances are straight-line, so check the travel time. Places under a travel advisory are left out.
