Weather in Kathmandu in July

Shoulder season. July sits in between. You will get good days and you will lose some. You should expect rain on 27 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

July ranks 10 of 12 — near the bottom of Kathmandu's year. November is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 44 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain on 27 of the month's 31 days, 10 of them heavy. At that frequency a wet-weather backup is not a contingency, it is the itinerary — book the indoor things first and treat the clear days as the bonus. Natural fibres and a second shirt for the day. At 85% nothing dries, including you.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest July day reached 32.6 °C and the coldest night fell to 18.2 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 92 mm — roughly 33% of the month's rain in one day.

July is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest July on record still delivered 463 mm against 137 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 280 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind is light at 5.8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity at 85% is the real story though — it is the number that decides how the day feels, not the 26.4 °C.

How July sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 29.1 °C in June, 26.4 here, 25.7 in August. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain has already shifted: 5 days more than June had.

Daylight in July

July is at or near the longest days of Kathmandu's year: 13.7 hours of daylight, losing 0.4 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 23.1 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights. At 1317 m the air is thin enough to matter — sun that burns faster than the temperature suggests, and nights that cool off quickly.

How busy it gets

Quiet. Few other visitors, cheaper rooms, and a real chance some seasonal operators are shut.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

July in Kathmandu versus nearby

If Kathmandu is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Bharatpur is the weaker option in July — 6.8 °C warmer, the same number of rain days. Pokhara is the weaker option in July — 4.8 °C warmer, the same number of rain days.

So: July is a compromise. November is 39 points better and is what Kathmandu is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Kathmandu

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