FEB · KATHMANDU
27.71° N · 85.32° E
Destination brief
Bagmati Province, Nepal
Travel Score
78
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
Good weather and steady: Sun Nov 1 and Mon Nov 2
Average weather score 69 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 58/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 87% chance of rain on Oct 31.
US EPA index 1: Good.
WeatherAPI
KathmanduStation: KirtipurUpdated 4:00 PM local time
19°C
Sunny
Feels like 20°High 20° · Low 13°
Rain now
10%
Rain today
87% chance
Humidity
82%
Wind
4 km/h WNW
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Dashain
FestivalNepal · Nationwide
Oct 2026Approx.
Nepal's longest and most important festival, around ten days in October: family reunions, red tika blessings from elders, kite flying and offerings at temples. The main day (Vijaya Dashami) is 20 or 21 October in 2026.
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 55 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 62 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
1 / 6
GoodAir quality is good. Enjoy time outdoors.
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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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.
4:05 PM
Saturday, October 31
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (0)
Local time at destination
Today
Oct 31
20° 13°
Sunny · 87% rain
Sun
Nov 1
23° 12°
Patchy rain nearby · 57% rain
Mon
Nov 2
22° 12°
Sunny · 48% 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.
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Kathmandu is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. Kathmandu is the main governmental, financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Nepal.
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NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: October, March and April. 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
15° 4°
Cool
About 19 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 | Cool | 13° / 2° | 11 mm | 78 |
| February | Cool | 15° / 4° | 19 mm | 86 |
| March | Pleasant | 19° / 7° | 26 mm | 98 |
| April | Pleasant | 24° / 11° | 41 mm | 98 |
| May | Pleasant | 25° / 14° | 97 mm | 91 |
| June | Wet | 25° / 16° | 173 mm | 79 |
| July | Very wet | 23° / 17° |
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.
| 275 mm |
| 65 |
| August | Wet | 23° / 16° | 226 mm | 72 |
|---|
| September | Wet | 21° / 15° | 158 mm | 81 |
|---|
| October | Pleasant | 19° / 11° | 49 mm | 95 |
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| November | Cool | 16° / 7° | 4 mm | 88 |
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| December | Cool | 14° / 4° | 6 mm | 81 |
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Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 152.12 NPR, as of 31 Oct 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.
Hetauda
42 km away · 196k people
81Good to travel
25°Sunny
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39 km away · 51k people
78Good to travel
17°Sunny
Open briefBirganj
89 km away · 268k people
82Good to travel
25°Partly Cloudy
Open briefCharikot
72 km away · 40k people
78Good to travel
16°Patchy rain nearby
Open briefBharatpur
87 km away · 369k people
73Good to travel
24°Sunny
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.