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Lukla in June

Better avoidedBest time: March – May, October – November

Better avoided: June is outside the recommended season (March – May, October – November). Against it: Monsoon on the Trails: Leeches, Landslides, Cloud.

The season opens in October, 4 months away. Monsoon on the Trails: Leeches, Landslides, Cloud: usually over after September.

2 days in Lukla in June · from ₹9,388 for two

Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra

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The weather in June

What the season does to Lukla this month.

Worth knowing

Monsoon on the Trails: Leeches, Landslides, Cloud

June to September is the monsoon. Trails are wet and slippery, leeches are everywhere below about 3,000 m (carry salt and leech socks), landslides block roads and paths, and cloud hides the mountains most days. Flights to Lukla are cancelled often. Treks are possible but this is the worst time for views; October–November and March–May are the seasons.

Worth knowing

Lukla Flights Are Often Cancelled

Lukla's airstrip is flown only in clear weather; cloud or wind grounds the planes, sometimes for several days, worst in the monsoon and on spring afternoons. Keep two spare days before your international flight, buy insurance that covers delays, and know that a helicopter seat out costs several hundred US dollars. In the busy seasons most flights leave from Ramechhap (Manthali), 4-5 hours by road from Kathmandu, so check where yours departs.

What it costs

For two sharing a room; 2 days on the ground, getting there not included.

Budget

₹9,388 for two

  • Room a night₹940
  • Food a day, each₹1,222
  • Main sight entry, each₹1,250

Mid-range

₹19,002 for two

  • Room a night₹2,500
  • Food a day, each₹2,820
  • Main sight entry, each₹1,250

Luxury

₹40,246 for two

  • Room a night₹5,630
  • Food a day, each₹6,580
  • Main sight entry, each₹1,250

Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for Nepal yet, so they don't move with the month.

Getting there

Fly into Kathmandu (KTM), 139 km away

Then: Flight · 3h (Kathmandu–Lukla flight (Tara Air / Sita Air / Summit Air))

Flights from India: from 10 cities, one way from ₹6,500

Plan from Kathmandu airport (KTM)

Routes compared

Entry rules

No visa needed

  1. Carry your Indian passport or your original Election Commission voter ID card. Aadhaar is not accepted as a travel document for Nepal, and airlines refuse boarding on it.
  2. Flying in: show the same ID at check-in in India and at immigration in Kathmandu. No visa, no fee and no form for Indian citizens.
  3. Crossing by road (Sunauli, Raxaul–Birgunj, Kakarbhitta and the other border points): walk or drive across with the same ID. Bringing an Indian vehicle needs a customs permit (bhansar), paid per day at the border.
  4. Trekking or visiting a national park: you still need the park or conservation-area permits (Indians pay the lower SAARC rate), shown by region in this plan.

Carry: Valid Indian passport, or original Election Commission voter ID card (not Aadhaar); Children: a passport, or a birth certificate or school identity card when travelling with a parent who has valid ID; Over 65: a passport or voter ID is safest. A Home Ministry communique lets over-65s (and under-15s) use other government photo ID, Aadhaar included, but the Embassy of India in Kathmandu says Aadhaar and PAN cards are not valid for India–Nepal travel, so check with your airline; Two passport photos and photocopies of your ID, for trekking and park permits.

Indians need no visa for Nepal and sources give no fixed limit on the stay. Accepted IDs: passport or voter ID only; Aadhaar is not accepted. Rules for minors and other photo IDs vary by airline, so check with yours, or with the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, before you go.

Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.

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