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Climate of Tanakpur: monthly averages
Based on 25 years of satellite and reanalysis data (2001-2025), May is usually the hottest month in Tanakpur, with average daytime highs around 39°C. January is the coolest, when nights typically fall to about 8°C. That is a wide yearly range of roughly 31°C, so the seasons feel very different from each other.
The area receives about 1350 mm of rain in a typical year. Most of it falls from June to September (around 82% of the yearly total), and July is the wettest month at roughly 426 mm. The driest stretch is November to December, with under 20 mm a month.
For outdoor plans and travel, October to March usually offer the most comfortable weather in Tanakpur, with mild days and relatively little rain.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Humidity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21° | 8° | 31 mm | 48% |
| Feb | 24° | 11° | 49 mm | 45% |
| Mar | 30° | 15° | 24 mm | 37% |
| Apr | 36° | 21° | 38 mm | 28% |
| May | 39° | 25° | 58 mm | 30% |
| Jun | 38° | 27° | 175 mm | 45% |
| Jul | 33° | 25° | 426 mm | 76% |
| Aug | 31° | 24° | 304 mm | 83% |
| Sep | 30° | 23° | 209 mm | 80% |
| Oct | 29° | 18° | 22 mm | 64% |
| Nov | 25° | 13° | 5 mm | 54% |
| Dec | 22° | 9° | 13 mm | 48% |
Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis), averaged over the roughly 50 km grid area around Tanakpur. Values describe typical conditions, not a forecast.
About Tanakpur weather
Tanakpur is a place in Uttarakhand's Himalayan foothills and high mountains, where climate shifts sharply with elevation, located about 60 km east of Haldwani. Tanakpur gets a warm summer in the valleys (April–June, often 30–35°C) but a cool one in the higher hill towns each year. The rainy season is a heavy south-west monsoon (July–September) in the hills, which brings landslide and flash-flood risk on mountain roads. Tanakpur closes out the year with a cold winter (December–February) with regular snowfall above roughly 2,000 m and frost in the valleys. This page shows live, auto-refreshing weather for Tanakpur: current conditions, an hourly breakdown, a 16-day outlook, a date-lookup tool for any past or future date, and real-time air quality, sourced from Open-Meteo. Local timezone: Asia/Kolkata.
Frequently asked questions
Tanakpur is about 60 km east of Haldwani, in Uttarakhand.
Tanakpur gets a heavy south-west monsoon (July–September) in the hills, which brings landslide and flash-flood risk on mountain roads.
The live current conditions, hourly forecast and 16-day outlook above are pulled in real time for Tanakpur's exact coordinates. No fixed schedule, the page updates whenever you load it.
May is usually the hottest month in Tanakpur, with average daytime highs of about 39°C and nights around 25°C.
The coldest nights come in January, when the average low is about 8°C and daytime highs reach around 21°C.
Tanakpur receives about 1350 mm of rain in a typical year. July is the wettest month at roughly 426 mm, and the main rainy period is June to September.
October to March usually offer the most comfortable weather in Tanakpur, with mild daytime temperatures and little rain.
In November Tanakpur typically sees daytime highs near 25°C and lows near 13°C, with about 5 mm of rain over the month and average humidity around 54%. Check the live forecast above for this week's actual conditions.
Up to 16 days ahead using the extended forecast and date picker above; further-out or historical dates use the same date lookup tool.
The current temperature for Tanakpur updates automatically at the top of this page — scroll to the hourly strip below to see how it's expected to change over the day.
Tanakpur's day-to-day weather is shaped by its position in Uttarakhand, India. See the hourly weather forecast or the air quality index for more detail.