Temperatures in Bhutan
| JAN | FEB | MARCH | APRIL | MAY | JUNE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | |
| PARO | 9.4 | -5.8 | 13.4 | 1.5 | 14.5 | 0.6 | 26.8 | 14.9 | 25.3 | 14.7 | 23.4 | 11.7 |
| THIMPHU | 12.3 | -2.6 | 14.4 | 0.6 | 16.4 | 3.9 | 18.9 | 13.4 | 25.0 | 15.8 | 23.1 | 15.0 |
| PUNAKHA | 16.1 | 4.2 | 19.6 | 5.3 | 21.1 | 9.2 | 32.0 | 21.6 | 31.4 | 19.8 | 29.9 | 20.4 |
| WANGDI | 17.0 | 4.3 | 19.0 | 7.8 | 22.8 | 10.4 | 18.4 | 16.2 | 29.1 | 20.0 | 27.5 | 19.1 |
| TRONGSA | 13.0 | -0.2 | 13.9 | 0.4 | 16.7 | 4.4 | 25.3 | 15.3 | 23.8 | 15.0 | 22.6 | 14.2 |
| BUMTHANG | 10.8 | -5.1 | 10.0 | -1.4 | 16.2 | 3.5 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 23.0 | 13.7 | 21.6 | 12.1 |
| MONGAR | 15.5 | 8.2 | 15.9 | 8.3 | 20.0 | 11.6 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 25.4 | 19.6 | 24.7 | 19.4 |
| TASHIGANG | 20.4 | 10.5 | 21.7 | 11.5 | 24.8 | 14.4 | 31.5 | 23.1 | 30.2 | 22.7 | 30.0 | 23.9 |
| JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | |
| PARO | 26.8 | 14.9 | 25.3 | 14.7 | 23.4 | 11.7 | 18.7 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 1.4 | 11.2 | -1.7 |
| THIMPHU | 18.9 | 13.4 | 25.0 | 15.8 | 23.1 | 15.0 | 21.9 | 10.4 | 17.9 | 5.0 | 14.5 | -1.1 |
| PUNAKHA | 32.0 | 21.6 | 31.4 | 19.8 | 29.9 | 20.4 | 27.8 | 18.9 | 22.3 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.9 |
| WANGDI | 18.4 | 16.2 | 29.1 | 20.0 | 27.5 | 19.1 | 26.1 | 14.7 | 22.6 | 9.6 | 19.1 | 6.3 |
| TRONGSA | 25.3 | 15.3 | 23.8 | 15.0 | 22.6 | 14.2 | 21.8 | 11.7 | 19.8 | 6.4 | 18.2 | 2.5 |
| BUMTHANG | 14.1 | 10.9 | 23.0 | 13.7 | 21.6 | 12.1 | 19.5 | 5.9 | 16.1 | -0.5 | 12.3 | -2.3 |
| MONGAR | 16.1 | 15.8 | 25.4 | 19.6 | 24.7 | 19.4 | 22.7 | 15.8 | 19.9 | 11.2 | 15.7 | 9.5 |
| TASHIGANG | 31.5 | 23.1 | 30.2 | 22.7 | 30.0 | 23.9 | 29.1 | 17.7 | 26.1 | 13.6 | 23.0 | 11.6 |
Temperatures while trekking
Daytime temperatures will be in the high 20s falling to 5° C at night between 1000 m and 3500 m. At higher altitudes temperatures range from about 20° C during the day down to -10° C at night.
Rainfall
As a guide, rainfall in Thimphu and Paro is about 25mm a month in January to March, rising to 50 mm in April and May, 75mm in June, and then a whopping 355mm in July, 300mm in August, 125mm in September, back down to 75mm in October, 25 mm in November and 0 in December.
