Pokhara
Nepal
Pokhara has warmed by about +1.2 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain is falling by about 11% every 10 years.It lies in the Central Himalaya landslide region.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.26 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.30 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.262 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.196 to +0.329
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 29.00°N, 83.00°E (131 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
Getting drier
−98 mm
every 10 years (−11.4% of the usual amount)
Very sure this is a real change
Whole year: −119 mm every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- −97.6 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −128.5 to −65.0
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 28.75°N, 83.75°E (64 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Pokhara
Floods
33
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 6 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: July 2025.
Landslides
224
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 390 people died.
Deadliest: 72 people died, May 2012.
Fires
36
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).