Thimphu
Bhutan
Thimphu has warmed by about +1.4 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain is falling by about 8% every 10 years.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.32 °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)
- +0.322 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.269 to +0.385
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 27.00°N, 89.00°E (82 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
Getting drier
−133 mm
every 10 years (−7.6% of the usual amount)
Very sure this is a real change
Whole year: −138 mm every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- −133.3 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −177.4 to −82.7
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 26.25°N, 88.75°E (162 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Thimphu
Floods
6
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 1 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: October 2025.
Landslides
34
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 25 people died.
Deadliest: 12 people died, June 2008.
Fires
2
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).