Climate

Nepal's climate since 1901

Nepal's average temperature was 14.17°C in 2025, +0.07°C compared with the 1991–2020 normal. Since 1971 the country has warmed by about 0.19°C per decade. The warmest years on record are 2010, 2009, 2016, 2024, 2017.

Average temperature

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Nepal annual mean temperature
Year	°C
2025	14.17
2024	14.51
2023	14.07
2022	14.24
2021	14.14
2020	13.79
2019	14.04
2018	14.28
2017	14.49
2016	14.70
2015	14.11
2014	14.04
2013	13.94
2012	14.12
2011	14.12
2010	14.87
2009	14.85
2008	14.07
2007	14.40
2006	14.47
2005	14.15
2004	14.34
2003	14.13
2002	14.35
2001	14.15
2000	14.01
1999	14.28
1998	14.00
1997	12.93
1996	13.93
1995	13.92
1994	13.80
1993	13.71
1992	13.43
1991	13.66
1990	13.56
1989	13.51
1988	14.07
1987	13.97
1986	13.36
1985	13.90
1984	13.64
1983	13.13
1982	13.42
1981	13.42
1980	13.80
1979	13.87
1978	13.25
1977	13.45
1976	13.54
1975	13.43
1974	13.66
1973	13.65
1972	13.64
1971	13.04
1970	13.72
1969	13.98
1968	13.25
1967	13.24
1966	13.85
1965	13.35
1964	13.56
1963	13.42
1962	13.39
1961	13.30
1960	13.69
1959	13.66
1958	14.20
1957	13.46
1956	13.61
1955	13.52
1954	13.84
1953	14.21
1952	13.90
1951	13.82
1950	13.25
1949	13.68
1948	13.68
1947	14.04
1946	13.87
1945	13.28
1944	13.57
1943	13.75
1942	13.83
1941	14.27
1940	13.42
1939	13.51
1938	13.60
1937	13.20
1936	13.20
1935	13.38
1934	13.30
1933	12.97
1932	13.71
1931	13.75
1930	13.37
1929	13.54
1928	13.74
1927	13.16
1926	13.11
1925	13.05
1924	13.67
1923	13.65
1922	13.55
1921	14.00
1920	13.46
1919	13.21
1918	13.40
1917	12.61
1916	13.42
1915	13.81
1914	13.27
1913	13.08
1912	13.37
1911	13.39
1910	13.14
1909	13.31
1908	13.52
1907	13.28
1906	13.39
1905	13.08
1904	13.30
1903	13.44
1902	13.76
1901	13.66

National mean of the CRU TS 4.08 0.5° grid (World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal); years after 2023 (shaded) from ERA5, calibrated to it over the ten years they share.

Annual rainfall

Wettest years: 1915 (1,641 mm), 1936 (1,637 mm), 1971 (1,636 mm), 2011 (1,633 mm), 1913 (1,628 mm). Driest: 2014 (793 mm), 1992 (1,052 mm), 1957 (1,087 mm), 1908 (1,087 mm), 2025 (1,092 mm).

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Nepal annual precipitation
Year	mm
2025	1,092
2024	1,232
2023	1,299
2022	1,239
2021	1,362
2020	1,320
2019	1,220
2018	1,295
2017	1,286
2016	1,327
2015	1,297
2014	793
2013	1,349
2012	1,318
2011	1,633
2010	1,324
2009	1,116
2008	1,403
2007	1,258
2006	1,218
2005	1,110
2004	1,353
2003	1,378
2002	1,363
2001	1,378
2000	1,409
1999	1,503
1998	1,441
1997	1,436
1996	1,245
1995	1,200
1994	1,170
1993	1,123
1992	1,052
1991	1,176
1990	1,404
1989	1,228
1988	1,398
1987	1,378
1986	1,287
1985	1,496
1984	1,346
1983	1,412
1982	1,172
1981	1,307
1980	1,287
1979	1,247
1978	1,485
1977	1,186
1976	1,230
1975	1,445
1974	1,319
1973	1,484
1972	1,168
1971	1,636
1970	1,360
1969	1,162
1968	1,340
1967	1,156
1966	1,179
1965	1,261
1964	1,283
1963	1,405
1962	1,540
1961	1,323
1960	1,162
1959	1,198
1958	1,147
1957	1,087
1956	1,445
1955	1,352
1954	1,366
1953	1,321
1952	1,319
1951	1,236
1950	1,420
1949	1,550
1948	1,434
1947	1,332
1946	1,540
1945	1,501
1944	1,436
1943	1,406
1942	1,510
1941	1,282
1940	1,392
1939	1,321
1938	1,571
1937	1,437
1936	1,637
1935	1,180
1934	1,220
1933	1,567
1932	1,118
1931	1,311
1930	1,179
1929	1,386
1928	1,245
1927	1,248
1926	1,325
1925	1,521
1924	1,439
1923	1,216
1922	1,565
1921	1,289
1920	1,155
1919	1,244
1918	1,482
1917	1,561
1916	1,513
1915	1,641
1914	1,567
1913	1,628
1912	1,216
1911	1,466
1910	1,481
1909	1,557
1908	1,087
1907	1,279
1906	1,365
1905	1,534
1904	1,474
1903	1,104
1902	1,389
1901	1,195

National mean precipitation, mm per year; years after 2023 from ERA5, calibrated.

The same from ERA5 reanalysis (since 1950)

ERA5 is a weather-model reconstruction; it runs cooler and wetter than CRU over Nepal's mountains but shows the same changes.

Source: CRU TS 4.08 and ERA5 national averages from the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal; recent years: ERA5 via Open-Meteo at 24 points across Nepal, calibrated.