Kuti valley about 3,820 m
Kuti Village, Kuti valley: Height, Weather and the Road
Kuti is a village in the Kuti valley of Pithoragarh district, at about 3,820 m, 100 km by road from Dharchula. The last and highest village of the Kuti valley, lived in from May to early November.
KMVN; Moran, Himalayan Journal 63 (2007)
Kuti in numbers
- Height
- about 3,820 m (12,530 ft)
- Valley
- Kuti valley, Pithoragarh district
- From Dharchula
- 100 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 188 km by road
- From Delhi
- 668 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- −18 to −7 °C
- Warmest month, July
- 8 to 14 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 245 a year
- Wettest month, July
- 216 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 Kuti 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.
Kutiabout 3,820 m
−7°CClear
Now, 18:58 IST · wind 4 km/h
- Clear−7° −9°Dry
- Clear0° −11°Dry
- Partly cloudy−2° −12°Dry
- Mostly clear−1° −13°Dry
- Mostly clear−2° −12°Dry
- Clear2° −8°Dry
- Mostly clear2° −9°Dry
Forecast for about 3,820 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
Hour by hour and the next 10 days: Kuti weather today
Weather in Kuti by month
Kuti is coldest in January, when days reach −7 °C and nights fall to −18 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 14 °C by day and 8 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 245 times a year, on most nights from October to May. Snow falls on about 52 days a year, mostly from October to May. The monsoon brings 216 mm of rain in July; November and October are the driest months, with 19 and 30 mm.
| Month | Day °C | Night °C | Rain mm | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −7 | −18 | 93 | 10 | 31 |
| February | −6 | −16 | 111 | 11 | 28 |
| March | −2 | −14 | 87 | 10 | 31 |
| April | 2 | −9 | 49 | 7 | 30 |
| May | 6 | −4 | 39 | 4 | 28 |
| June | 11 | 3 | 103 | 0 | 6 |
| July | 14 | 8 | 216 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 13 | 8 | 207 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 11 | 4 | 104 | 0 | 4 |
| October | 6 | −4 | 30 | 2 | 26 |
| November | 2 | −11 | 19 | 3 | 30 |
| December | −3 | −15 | 33 | 5 | 31 |
The road to Kuti
Kuti is 100 km by road from Dharchula, 188 km from Pithoragarh, 373 km from Haldwani and 668 km from Delhi, measured on OpenStreetMap's road network.
Where to stay in Kuti
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 camp, Kuti. KMVN camp. Amar Ujala (30 Apr 2025) lists Kuti among KMVN camps beyond Dharchula. Source: Amar Ujala, 'Mansarovar aur Adi Kailash yatra ki taiyariyon mein juta KMVN', checked 30 April 2025.
Worth knowing about Kuti
- A Jio tower made the first mobile call from Kuti on 16 Dec 2023. (Amar Ujala, 16 Dec 2023)
- On 7 Oct 2025 the ITBP turned back about 150 travellers at Kuti after snow. (Northern Gazette, 8 Oct 2025)
Near Kuti
The nearest places on the map, as the crow flies; the road is longer.
- Jolingkong, Kuti valley, about 4,500 m: 11.3 km away
- Parvati Kund, Kuti valley, about 4,500 m: 11.3 km away
- Gauri Kund (Adi Kailash), Kuti valley, about 4,610 m: 11.6 km away
- Rongkong, Kuti valley, about 3,260 m: 13.5 km away
- Nabi, Kuti valley, about 3,290 m: 13.6 km away
- Gunji, Vyas valley, 3,200 m: 16.1 km away
- Napalchu, Vyas valley, about 3,200 m: 16.5 km away
- Kalapani, Vyas valley, about 3,600 m: 17.4 km away
Expedition 01, our 4x4 convoy from Delhi from 13 to 19 November 2026, drives this road.
Questions travellers ask about Kuti
Kuti stands at about 3,820 m (12,530 ft) above sea level, read from a 90 m elevation model at its map point.
100 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Delhi it is 668 km and from Haldwani 373 km.
Kuti is coldest in January, when days reach −7 °C and nights fall to −18 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 14 °C by day and 8 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 245 times a year, on most nights from October to May.
Yes: snow falls on about 52 days a year, mostly from October to May, on the 1991 to 2020 averages.
Listed here: KMVN camp, Kuti. 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.kuti (OpenStreetMap, village node); 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
