Kali valley about 1,160 m
Tawaghat, Kali valley: Height, Weather and the Road
Tawaghat is a village in the Kali valley of Pithoragarh district, at about 1,160 m, 19 km by road from Dharchula. Where the Dhauliganga, the Darma valley's river, meets the Kali: the Darma road turns up the Dhauliganga, the Lipulekh road carries on to Gunji.
SANDRP, 2013; district Peaks page; Amar Ujala, 30 Apr 2025
Tawaghat in numbers
- Height
- about 1,160 m (3,810 ft)
- Valley
- Kali valley, Pithoragarh district
- From Dharchula
- 19 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 107 km by road
- From Delhi
- 587 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- 1 to 15 °C
- Warmest month, June
- 20 to 28 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 20 a year
- Wettest month, July
- 630 mm of rain
- Stays listed here
- None found
Weather in Tawaghat 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.
Tawaghatabout 1,160 m
15°CClear
Now, 18:59 IST · wind 3 km/h
- Mostly clear15° 10°Dry
- Light rain showers23° 8°1.3 mm
- Light rain showers21° 8°0.7 mm
- Clear22° 8°Dry
- Light rain showers22° 8°1.1 mm
- Clear23° 8°Dry
- Clear23° 10°Dry
Forecast for about 1,160 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
Weather in Tawaghat by month
Tawaghat is coldest in January, when days reach 15 °C and nights fall to 1 °C on average; June is the warmest month, 28 °C by day and 20 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 20 times a year. The monsoon brings 630 mm of rain in July; November and December are the driest months, with 27 and 40 mm.
| Month | Day °C | Night °C | Rain mm | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15 | 1 | 107 | 0 | 9 |
| February | 16 | 3 | 125 | 0 | 7 |
| March | 20 | 6 | 103 | 0 | 2 |
| April | 24 | 10 | 79 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 27 | 15 | 99 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 28 | 20 | 263 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 27 | 22 | 630 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 27 | 22 | 587 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 26 | 19 | 228 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 24 | 12 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 21 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 18 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 2 |
The road to Tawaghat
Tawaghat is 19 km by road from Dharchula, 107 km from Pithoragarh, 292 km from Haldwani and 587 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 Tawaghat
We have not found a listed stay in Tawaghat itself; the nearest listed stays are at Narayan Ashram. Ask us on WhatsApp for where travellers sleep on this road.
Worth knowing about Tawaghat
- The Kulagad Bailey bridge, between Dharchula and Tawaghat, was swept away on 18 Aug and 12 Sep 2026, stopping vehicles to Darma, Vyas and Chaudans; BRO had rebuilt it by 20 Sep. (Northern Gazette, 13 and 20 Sep 2026)
Near Tawaghat
The nearest places on the map, as the crow flies; the road is longer.
- Narayan Ashram, Chaudans valley, about 2,530 m: 5.4 km away
- Sobla, Darma valley, about 1,870 m: 11.7 km away
- Dar, Darma valley, about 2,100 m: 12 km away
- Dharchula, Kali valley, 908 m: 13.7 km away
- Sela, Darma valley, about 2,530 m: 20.7 km away
- Nagling, Darma valley, about 2,900 m: 24.4 km away
Our guides on this road
Expedition 01, our 4x4 convoy from Delhi from 13 to 19 November 2026, drives this road.
Questions travellers ask about Tawaghat
Tawaghat stands at about 1,160 m (3,810 ft) above sea level, read from a 90 m elevation model at its map point.
19 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Delhi it is 587 km and from Haldwani 292 km.
Tawaghat is coldest in January, when days reach 15 °C and nights fall to 1 °C on average; June is the warmest month, 28 °C by day and 20 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 20 times a year.
We have not found a listed stay in Tawaghat itself; the nearest listed stays are at Narayan Ashram. 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 docs/research/altitudes.json stops.tawaghat (OpenStreetMap node/342103430 (Tawaghat, 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
