Vyas valley about 2,750 m
Budhi Village, Vyas valley: Height, Weather and the Road
Budhi is a village in the Vyas valley of Pithoragarh district, at about 2,750 m, 56 km by road from Dharchula. The first village of the Vyas valley: a KMVN rest house, homestays, eateries and a helipad; open all year except in heavy winter snow.
district newsletter, Feb 2025; district tourism map
Budhi in numbers
- Height
- about 2,750 m (9,020 ft)
- Valley
- Vyas valley, Pithoragarh district
- From Dharchula
- 56 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 144 km by road
- From Delhi
- 624 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- −10 to 3 °C
- Warmest month, July
- 13 to 19 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 166 a year
- Wettest month, July
- 480 mm of rain
- Stays listed here
- 1
Is Adi Kailash open now?
As of
Open: permits are issued until 10 November 2026
- Permits
- Issued again since the Parikrama Run hold ended on 26 October. The last permits of the 2026 season are issued on 10 November, by the SDM's office at Dharchula and on the district's portal. (Adi Kailash Explore's team at Dharchula, 6 November 2026; The district's permit portal, checked 7 November 2026)
- The yatra
- Open on 6 November 2026, in the second phase of the year, which began on 20 September. (Adi Kailash Explore's team at Dharchula, 6 November 2026; The Northern Gazette, 20 September 2026)
- The road
- Adi Kailash and Om Parvat darshan carry on. The Army closed the Old Lipulekh Pass for snow on 13 October, until further orders. (The Northern Gazette, 13 October 2026)
- 2027
- No opening date for 2027 has been announced. In 2026 the first phase ran from 1 May to 1 July. (Amar Ujala, 21 September 2026)
The position changes with the weather and the district's orders. Ask us on WhatsApp where it stands today
Weather in Budhi 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.
Budhiabout 2,750 m
3°CClear
Now, 18:58 IST · wind 5 km/h
- Clear3° −4°Dry
- Light rain showers10° −6°0.7 mm
- Light sleet showers8° −6°0.7 mm
- Mostly clear9° −7°Dry
- Light rain showers9° −5°1.5 mm
- Clear11° −6°Dry
- Mostly clear12° −1°Dry
Forecast for about 2,750 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
Weather in Budhi by month
Budhi is coldest in January, when days reach 3 °C and nights fall to −10 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 19 °C by day and 13 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 166 times a year, on most nights from November to April. Snow falls on about 20 days a year, mostly from December to March. The monsoon brings 480 mm of rain in July; November and December are the driest months, with 13 and 23 mm.
| Month | Day °C | Night °C | Rain mm | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | −10 | 69 | 7 | 31 |
| February | 4 | −8 | 83 | 7 | 28 |
| March | 8 | −5 | 66 | 4 | 28 |
| April | 13 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 16 |
| May | 16 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 2 |
| June | 18 | 10 | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 19 | 13 | 480 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 18 | 13 | 437 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 17 | 10 | 176 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 14 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 9 |
| November | 11 | −2 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| December | 7 | −6 | 23 | 2 | 29 |
The road to Budhi
Budhi is 56 km by road from Dharchula, 144 km from Pithoragarh, 329 km from Haldwani and 624 km from Delhi, measured on OpenStreetMap's road network.
Dharchula to Lipulekh, the Vyas valley road
| Stop | km | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Dharchula | 0 | 908 m |
| Tawaghat | 19 | about 1,160 m |
| Budhi | 56 | about 2,750 m |
| Chialekh | 66 | about 3,300 m |
| Garbyang | 69 | about 3,140 m |
| Napalchu | 78 | about 3,200 m |
| Gunji | 80 | 3,200 m |
| Kalapani | 89 | about 3,600 m |
| Nabhidhang | 99 | about 4,250 m |
| Lipulekh Pass | 111 | 5,099 m |
Where to stay in Budhi
All 29 stays in Gunji, mapped, with the snow peaks each one sees.
One stay is listed here, from the source named under it. Rooms, rates and seasons change: ask us before you travel.
- KMVN TRH, Budi. KMVN tourist rest house / camp. Marked on the district tourism map as a KMVN Tourist Rest House. KMVN's 2026 Adi Kailash packages night-halt at Budhi on the way down. Amar Ujala (30 Apr 2025) lists Budhi among KMVN camps beyond Dharchula. Source: District tourism map 'Pithoragarh Destination' (Google My Maps, linked from the district's monthly tourism newsletters as 'Map Source: Googlemymaps & PDMC'), checked 29 September 2026.
Worth knowing about Budhi
- The district marks a landslide zone at Budhi, as at Malpa and Lamari on the same road. (district tourism map)
Near Budhi
The nearest places on the map, as the crow flies; the road is longer.
- Chialekh, Vyas valley, about 3,300 m: 2.2 km away
- Garbyang, Vyas valley, about 3,140 m: 3.8 km away
- Napalchu, Vyas valley, about 3,200 m: 9.2 km away
- Gunji, Vyas valley, 3,200 m: 9.6 km away
- Rongkong, Kuti valley, about 3,260 m: 11.3 km away
- Nabi, Kuti valley, about 3,290 m: 11.5 km away
- Kalapani, Vyas valley, about 3,600 m: 15.7 km away
- Nabhidhang, Vyas valley, about 4,250 m: 20.8 km away
Expedition 01, our 4x4 convoy from Delhi from 13 to 19 November 2026, drives this road.
Questions travellers ask about Budhi
Budhi stands at about 2,750 m (9,020 ft) above sea level, read from a 90 m elevation model at its map point.
56 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Delhi it is 624 km and from Haldwani 329 km.
Budhi is coldest in January, when days reach 3 °C and nights fall to −10 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 19 °C by day and 13 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 166 times a year, on most nights from November to April.
Yes: snow falls on about 20 days a year, mostly from December to March, on the 1991 to 2020 averages.
Listed here: KMVN TRH, Budi. Each listing names its source below; ask us before you travel, as rooms and rates change.
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 docs/research/altitudes.json stops.budhi (OpenStreetMap node/1130828528 (Budhi, Dharchula, Pithoragarh district)); the height from Copernicus GLO-90 via Open-Meteo at the point, rounded to 10 m (stop-altitudes.mjs); 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
Adi Kailash Explore (adikailash.io) is a tour operator based in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, that specialises in one route: Adi Kailash and Om Parvat, the Darma valley and Munsiyari. It runs departures from Delhi, Haldwani and Pithoragarh, and its team files the Inner Line Permit for every Adi Kailash traveller at SDM Dharchula. It is recognised by Uttarakhand Tourism, certified by MSME, Govt. of India (UDYAM-UK-09-0012927) and verified on the NIDHI Portal, and was founded by Vinay Verma. Why travel with us
