Kali valley about 1,290 m
Askot, Kali valley: Height, Weather and the Road
Askot is a village in the Kali valley of Pithoragarh district, at about 1,290 m, 41 km by road from Dharchula. The old seat of the Pal rajwars, a Katyuri line who ruled from 1279; the name is explained as 'assi kot', the 80 forts they held.
Amar Ujala, 18 Apr 2016 and 7 Dec 2020
Askot in numbers
- Height
- about 1,290 m (4,230 ft)
- Valley
- Kali valley, Pithoragarh district
- From Dharchula
- 41 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 51 km by road
- From Delhi
- 530 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- 2 to 14 °C
- Warmest month, June
- 17 to 26 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 8 a year
- Wettest month, July
- 605 mm of rain
- Stays listed here
- None found
Weather in Askot now, and the next 7 days
The forecast is for the village's own height, refreshed through the day. Highs and lows are in °C; times are IST.
Askotabout 1,290 m
16°CClear
Now, 18:58 IST · wind 5 km/h
- Clear17° 12°Dry
- Mostly clear22° 10°Dry
- Clear22° 9°Dry
- Mostly clear22° 8°Dry
- Clear22° 8°Dry
- Clear22° 8°Dry
- Clear22° 9°Dry
Forecast for about 1,290 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
Weather in Askot by month
Askot is coldest in January, when days reach 14 °C and nights fall to 2 °C on average; June is the warmest month, 26 °C by day and 17 °C at night. A frost is rare: about 8 nights a year fall below freezing. The monsoon brings 605 mm of rain in July; November and December are the driest months, with 18 and 27 mm.
| Month | Day °C | Night °C | Rain mm | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 5 |
| February | 15 | 4 | 82 | 0 | 2 |
| March | 19 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 23 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 26 | 14 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 26 | 17 | 206 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 24 | 19 | 605 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 24 | 19 | 575 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 24 | 17 | 221 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 22 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 19 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 16 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
The road to Askot
Askot is 41 km by road from Dharchula, 51 km from Pithoragarh, 236 km from Haldwani and 530 km from Delhi, measured on OpenStreetMap's road network.
Pithoragarh to Dharchula, down the Kali
| Stop | km | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Pithoragarh | 0 | 1,645 m |
| Askot | 50 | about 1,290 m |
| Jauljibi | 63 | about 610 m |
| Dharchula | 91 | 908 m |
Where to stay in Askot
We have not found a listed stay in Askot itself; the nearest listed stays are at Dharchula. Ask us on WhatsApp for where travellers sleep on this road.
Worth knowing about Askot
- Askot Wildlife Sanctuary was notified in 1986 to protect the musk deer; the Forest Department lists it at 599.93 sq km. (Uttarakhand Forest Department protected-areas table (read 6 Oct 2026))
Near Askot
The nearest places on the map, as the crow flies; the road is longer.
- Jauljibi, Kali valley, about 610 m: 4.2 km away
- Didihat, Kali valley, 1,725 m: 8.9 km away
- Dharchula, Kali valley, 908 m: 22.2 km away
- Pithoragarh, Saur valley, 1,645 m: 23 km away
Expedition 01, our 4x4 convoy from Delhi from 13 to 19 November 2026, drives this road.
Questions travellers ask about Askot
Askot stands at about 1,290 m (4,230 ft) above sea level, read from a 90 m elevation model at its map point.
41 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Delhi it is 530 km and from Haldwani 236 km.
Askot is coldest in January, when days reach 14 °C and nights fall to 2 °C on average; June is the warmest month, 26 °C by day and 17 °C at night. A frost is rare: about 8 nights a year fall below freezing.
We have not found a listed stay in Askot itself; the nearest listed stays are at Dharchula. Ask us on WhatsApp for where travellers sleep on this road.
How we made this page
Every figure here comes from data and is filled in each time the page is built: the map point from OpenStreetMap node/342104012 ('Askot'); the height from Copernicus GLO-90 via Open-Meteo at the point, rounded to 10 m; Wikidata Q4807244's 1106 m is only imported from Wikipedia and 109 m off the model at its own coordinates (stop-altitudes.mjs's Bhimtal rule); road distances from OpenStreetMap through the OSRM router; the weather from the Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis, 1991 to 2020, through Open-Meteo, set to the height of the place. If anything here is out of date, tell us on WhatsApp and we will correct it.
About Adi Kailash Explore
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