Kathmandu
Nepal
Kathmandu has warmed by about +1.3 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain is falling by about 5% every 10 years.It lies in the Central Himalaya landslide region.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.29 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.25 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.288 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.221 to +0.341
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 27.00°N, 85.00°E (86 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
Getting drier
−34 mm
every 10 years (−4.8% of the usual amount)
Sure this is a real change
Whole year: −58 mm every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- −34.2 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −62.1 to −4.8
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p = 0.02
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 28.75°N, 86.25°E (146 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Kathmandu
Floods
31
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 8 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: July 2025.
Landslides
164
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 723 people died.
Deadliest: 250 people died, April 2015.
Fires
40
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).