Vyas valley about 3,200 m
Napalchu Village, Vyas valley: Height, Weather and the Road
Napalchu is a village in the Vyas valley of Pithoragarh district, at about 3,200 m, 78 km by road from Dharchula. Beside Gunji across the Kuti Yankti, linked to it by a footbridge.
Kafal Tree, 30 Apr 2021
Napalchu in numbers
- Height
- about 3,200 m (10,500 ft)
- Valley
- Vyas valley, Pithoragarh district
- From Dharchula
- 78 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 167 km by road
- From Delhi
- 646 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- −14 to −2 °C
- Warmest month, July
- 12 to 18 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 195 a year
- Wettest month, July
- 479 mm of rain
- Stays listed here
- None found
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 Napalchu 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.
Napalchuabout 3,200 m
−1°CClear
Now, 18:59 IST · wind 3 km/h
- Clear1° −8°Dry
- Clear6° −9°Dry
- Partly cloudy4° −11°Dry
- Mostly clear5° −14°Dry
- Light snow5° −10°0.9 mm
- Mostly clear7° −10°Dry
- Mostly clear7° −8°Dry
Forecast for about 3,200 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
Weather in Napalchu by month
Napalchu is coldest in January, when days reach −2 °C and nights fall to −14 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 18 °C by day and 12 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 195 times a year, on most nights from November to April. Snow falls on about 32 days a year, mostly from November to April. The monsoon brings 479 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 | −2 | −14 | 69 | 8 | 31 |
| February | −1 | −12 | 83 | 8 | 28 |
| March | 3 | −9 | 66 | 8 | 31 |
| April | 8 | −4 | 59 | 4 | 25 |
| May | 12 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 10 |
| June | 16 | 8 | 199 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 18 | 12 | 479 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 17 | 12 | 437 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 16 | 8 | 176 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 11 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 14 |
| November | 7 | −5 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| December | 3 | −10 | 23 | 3 | 30 |
The road to Napalchu
Napalchu is 78 km by road from Dharchula, 167 km from Pithoragarh, 352 km from Haldwani and 646 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 Napalchu
All 29 stays in Gunji, mapped, with the snow peaks each one sees.
We have not found a listed stay in Napalchu itself; the nearest listed stays are at Gunji. Ask us on WhatsApp for where travellers sleep on this road.
Worth knowing about Napalchu
- Its homestays were full in late May 2026, with Gunji's, Nabi's, Garbyang's, Budhi's and Kuti's. (Amar Ujala, 31 May 2026)
Near Napalchu
The nearest places on the map, as the crow flies; the road is longer.
- Gunji, Vyas valley, 3,200 m: 0.5 km away
- Nabi, Kuti valley, about 3,290 m: 2.9 km away
- Rongkong, Kuti valley, about 3,260 m: 3 km away
- Garbyang, Vyas valley, about 3,140 m: 6.4 km away
- Chialekh, Vyas valley, about 3,300 m: 7 km away
- Kalapani, Vyas valley, about 3,600 m: 7.4 km away
- Budhi, Vyas valley, about 2,750 m: 9.2 km away
- Nabhidhang, Vyas valley, about 4,250 m: 13.5 km away
Expedition 01, our 4x4 convoy from Delhi from 13 to 19 November 2026, drives this road.
Questions travellers ask about Napalchu
Napalchu stands at about 3,200 m (10,500 ft) above sea level, read from a 90 m elevation model at its map point.
78 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Delhi it is 646 km and from Haldwani 352 km.
Napalchu is coldest in January, when days reach −2 °C and nights fall to −14 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 18 °C by day and 12 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 195 times a year, on most nights from November to April.
Yes: snow falls on about 32 days a year, mostly from November to April, on the 1991 to 2020 averages.
We have not found a listed stay in Napalchu itself; the nearest listed stays are at Gunji. 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/7039664606 ('Napalcho'); 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
