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Kathmandu Climate Overview

Kathmandu experiences a temperature range of 3°C to 29°C, with a wet season characterized by warm and muggy conditions and a dry season that is comfortable and mostly clear. The city has a warm season lasting 6.1 months and a cool season lasting 2.1 months, with June being the hottest month and January the coldest. The wetter season lasts 3.9 months with July having the most wet days, while the drier season spans 8.1 months with November having the fewest wet days.

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Kathmandu Climate Overview

Kathmandu experiences a temperature range of 3°C to 29°C, with a wet season characterized by warm and muggy conditions and a dry season that is comfortable and mostly clear. The city has a warm season lasting 6.1 months and a cool season lasting 2.1 months, with June being the hottest month and January the coldest. The wetter season lasts 3.9 months with July having the most wet days, while the drier season spans 8.1 months with November having the fewest wet days.

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Weather and Climate

Student Name: Nguyen Thach Giang

Name of your city: Kathmandu

Name of country it is in: Nepal

What is the weather like today?

​ Temperature: 19°C

​ Precipitation: 10%

​ Humidity: 53%

​ Wind Speed: 5 km/h

Describe the climate of the city: (# of seasons, temperature, precipitation)

Wet season: warm, muggy, and partly cloudy

Dry season: comfortable and mostly clear

Temperature: 3°C to 29°C and is rarely below 1°C or above 32°C.

Warm season: last 6.1 months, from April 5 to October 10. Daily temperature above 27°C.

The hottest month of the year in Kathmandu is June, with an average high of 29°C and low

of 20°C.

Cool season: last 2.1 months, December 9 to February 11. Daily temperature below 20°C.

The coldest month of the year in Kathmandu is January, with an average low of 3°C and high

of 18°C.

A wet day is one with at least 1 millimeter of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The

chance of wet days in Kathmandu varies very significantly throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 3.9 months, from May 30 to September 26, with a greater than 32%

chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Kathmandu is

July, with an average of 18.8 days with at least 1 millimeter of precipitation.


The drier season lasts 8.1 months, from September 26 to May 30. The month with the

fewest wet days in Kathmandu is November, with an average of 0.4 days with at least 1

millimeter of precipitation.

How has climate change affected the city? (temperature, precipitation, catastrophic events)

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Does your city fit into one of the climate zones we discussed in class? (polar, temperate,

arid, tropical, mediterranean, or mountains) Why or why not?

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