Saur valley 1,645 m
Pithoragarh, Saur valley: Height, Weather and the Road
Pithoragarh is a town in the Saur valley of Pithoragarh district, at 1,645 m, 91 km by road from Dharchula, 480 km by road from Delhi. The district town, in the Soar (Saur) valley; the district was carved out of Almora on 24 Feb 1960.
district History page
Pithoragarh in numbers
- Height
- 1,645 m (5,400 ft)
- Valley
- Saur valley, Pithoragarh district
- From Dharchula
- 91 km by road
- From Delhi
- 480 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- 3 to 14 °C
- Warmest month, May
- 15 to 26 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 2 a year
- Wettest month, July
- 716 mm of rain
- Stays listed here
- 6
Weather in Pithoragarh 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.
Pithoragarh1,645 m
14°CClear
Now, 18:59 IST · wind 5 km/h
- Mostly clear14° 11°Dry
- Light rain showers20° 9°0.6 mm
- Mostly clear20° 9°Dry
- Clear20° 7°Dry
- Clear20° 8°Dry
- Clear20° 8°Dry
- Clear20° 8°Dry
Forecast for 1,645 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: Pithoragarh weather today
Weather in Pithoragarh by month
Pithoragarh is coldest in January, when days reach 14 °C and nights fall to 3 °C on average; May is the warmest month, 26 °C by day and 15 °C at night. A frost is rare: about 2 nights a year fall below freezing. The monsoon brings 716 mm of rain in July; November and December are the driest months, with 12 and 21 mm.
| Month | Day °C | Night °C | Rain mm | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 2 |
| February | 15 | 5 | 79 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 19 | 7 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 24 | 11 | 83 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 26 | 15 | 149 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 26 | 18 | 526 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 24 | 19 | 716 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 24 | 18 | 563 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 23 | 16 | 313 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 22 | 12 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 19 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 16 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
The road to Pithoragarh
Pithoragarh is 91 km by road from Dharchula, 185 km from Haldwani and 480 km from Delhi, measured on OpenStreetMap's road network.
Where to stay in Pithoragarh
All 38 stays in Pithoragarh, mapped, with the snow peaks each one sees.
Adi Kailash Explore's travellers stay at Aranya Resort, Pine Resort, Sun and Water Resort or Zaayaka Hotel in Pithoragarh: standard and premium stays, in the team's own photographs.
Photo: Adi Kailash Explore. Which of these hosts your night is confirmed with your booking.
Other stays listed in Pithoragarh
2 stays are listed here, each from the source named under it. Rooms, rates and seasons change: ask us before you travel.
- TRH Pithoragarh (KMVN). KMVN tourist rest house. Bookable online. Rooms listed: Double bed Executive, Double bed Super Deluxe, Double bed Deluxe; EP plan; tariffs not shown. The Oct 2024 district newsletter says the heli Kailash-darshan package included a night at the KMVN TRH Pithoragarh. Source: KMVN, 'TRH Pithoragarh', checked 29 September 2026.
- PWD Inspection House Pithoragarh. Government rest house (PWD inspection house). Listed by name only. Source: District Pithoragarh, 'Accommodation (Govt Guest houses)', checked 24 September 2026.
Worth knowing about Pithoragarh
- Inner Line Permits can be applied for online at ilppithoragarh.uk.gov.in; the portal says approval usually takes 24 to 48 hours. (ILP portal (read 6 Oct 2026))
- Naini Saini airport: Alliance Air restarted a 42-seat Dehradun service three days a week on 26 Mar 2026. (ThePrint, 26 Mar 2026)
Near Pithoragarh
The nearest places on the map, as the crow flies; the road is longer.
- Askot, Kali valley, about 1,290 m: 23 km away
- Jauljibi, Kali valley, about 610 m: 24.2 km away
- Didihat, Kali valley, 1,725 m: 24.3 km away
Our guides on this road
- Adi Kailash Yatra Cost from Delhi: 6 Days, One Price
- Can You Do the Adi Kailash Yatra Without a Tour Package?
- KMVN Adi Kailash Yatra 2026 or a Private Tour: How to Choose
- Delhi to Darma Valley Distance: Where the Tarmac Ends
Expedition 01, our 4x4 convoy from Delhi from 13 to 19 November 2026, drives this road.
Questions travellers ask about Pithoragarh
Pithoragarh stands at 1,645 m (5,400 ft) above sea level.
480 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Haldwani it is 185 km.
Pithoragarh is coldest in January, when days reach 14 °C and nights fall to 3 °C on average; May is the warmest month, 26 °C by day and 15 °C at night. A frost is rare: about 2 nights a year fall below freezing.
Adi Kailash Explore's travellers stay at Aranya Resort (premium), Pine Resort (standard), Sun and Water Resort (premium), Zaayaka Hotel (standard); which of them hosts a night is confirmed with the booking. Other stays listed here: TRH Pithoragarh; PWD Inspection House Pithoragarh.
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/distances.json places.pithoragarh (Wikidata Q2249870); the height from the site's published figure (stop-altitudes.mjs precedence; docs/research/altitudes.json); 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
