Thimphu Weather in February
Thimphu in February
The short of it: Thimphu in February averages a high of 14 °C (56 °F) and a low of 0 °C (33 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 11 h 11 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 0° · rain 20 mm · daylight 11 h 11 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & March
Thirty years of records give Thimphu an average February high of 14°, a low of 0° and some 20 mm of rain. Much like January: highs about 14°, nights near 0°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 11 min in mid-February, 37 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates February 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and March.
Against its neighbours, Thimphu runs cooler than most and drier than most in February. Lungtenzampa, 0 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
February in Thimphu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus January
- 2° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus March
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LungtenzampaThimphu District | 0 km NE | 14° | 0° | 20 mm |
| Tashi Chho DzongOther | 3 km NW | 12° | -2° | 20 mm |
| ParoParo | 23 km W | 14° | 1° | 26 mm |
| PajoPunakha | 25 km ENE | 21° | 8° | 38 mm |
| Wangdue PhodrangWangdi Phodrang | 25 km E | 21° | 8° | 40 mm |
| PunākhaPunakha | 27 km ENE | 20° | 6° | 34 mm |
| SamtengangOther | 34 km E | 20° | 7° | 31 mm |
| HaHaa | 37 km WSW | 11° | -2° | 28 mm |