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Nepal, month by month

Where in Nepal is at its best each month, and where to skip. Each verdict comes from the place's stated best season and the closures, weather warnings and festivals Tourisma has for it: in the middle of the season is a great month, its first or last month a good one; a weather warning (monsoon seas, smoke) moves a month down, a closure (a park shut, the boats stopped) moves it down to mixed at most, and a shut place is better avoided.

Nepal in January

Plan January

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Jomsom, Langtang Valley (Kyanjin Gompa), Lukla, Manang, Rara Lake.

Better avoided

Nepal in February

Plan February

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Jomsom, Langtang Valley (Kyanjin Gompa), Lukla, Manang, Rara Lake.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Maha Shivaratri at Pashupatinath (dates shift yearly)
  • Holi (Fagu Purnima) (dates shift yearly)

Nepal in March

Plan March

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Rara Lake, Sarangkot.

Can fall this month

  • Maha Shivaratri at Pashupatinath (dates shift yearly)
  • Holi (Fagu Purnima) (dates shift yearly)

Nepal in April

Plan April

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Chitwan (Sauraha), Janakpur, Lumbini, Nagarkot, Sarangkot.

Can fall this month

  • Bisket Jatra (Nepali New Year)
  • Buddha Jayanti (dates shift yearly)

Nepal in May

Plan May

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bandipur, Bhaktapur, Chitwan (Sauraha), Ghandruk, Ghorepani (Poon Hill), Ilam, Janakpur, Kathmandu, Lumbini, Nagarkot, Patan (Lalitpur), Pokhara, Sarangkot.

Can fall this month

  • Buddha Jayanti (dates shift yearly)
  • Tiji festival, Lo Manthang (dates shift yearly)

Nepal in June

Plan June

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bandipur, Bardia (Thakurdwara), Bhaktapur, Chitwan (Sauraha), Ilam, Janakpur, Kathmandu, Lumbini, Nagarkot, Patan (Lalitpur), Pokhara, Sarangkot.

Better avoided

Nepal in July

Plan July

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Mixed: Bandipur, Bardia (Thakurdwara), Bhaktapur, Chitwan (Sauraha), Ilam, Janakpur, Kathmandu, Lumbini, Nagarkot, Patan (Lalitpur), Pokhara, Rara Lake, Sarangkot.

Better avoided

Nepal in August

Plan August

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Mixed: Bandipur, Bardia (Thakurdwara), Bhaktapur, Chitwan (Sauraha), Ilam, Janakpur, Kathmandu, Lumbini, Nagarkot, Patan (Lalitpur), Pokhara, Rara Lake, Sarangkot.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Indra Jatra (dates shift yearly)

Nepal in September

Plan September

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Jomsom, Bandipur, Bardia (Thakurdwara), Bhaktapur, Chitwan (Sauraha), Ilam, Janakpur, Kathmandu, Lumbini, Nagarkot, Patan (Lalitpur), Pokhara, Sarangkot.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Dashain (Bada Dashain) (dates shift yearly)
  • Indra Jatra (dates shift yearly)

Nepal in October

Plan October

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Dashain (Bada Dashain) (dates shift yearly)
  • Tihar (Deepawali) (dates shift yearly)
  • Chhath (dates shift yearly)
  • Mani Rimdu at Tengboche (dates shift yearly)

Nepal in November

Plan November

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Tihar (Deepawali) (dates shift yearly)
  • Chhath (dates shift yearly)
  • Vivah Panchami (Ram–Sita wedding) (dates shift yearly)
  • Mani Rimdu at Tengboche (dates shift yearly)

Nepal in December

Plan December

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Jomsom, Langtang Valley (Kyanjin Gompa), Lukla, Manang, Rara Lake.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Vivah Panchami (Ram–Sita wedding) (dates shift yearly)
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