Pithoragarh district 908 m
Dharchula Weather Today: Temperature, 10 Days and by Month
Dharchula is the border town on the Kali, where the permits for Adi Kailash and Om Parvat are issued, at 908 m in Pithoragarh district. The forecast below is for that height, refreshed every hour; under it, each month on 30 years of data.
Dharchula in numbers
- Height
- 908 m (2,980 ft)
- District
- Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
- From Delhi
- 570 km by road
- From Haldwani
- 276 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 91 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- 4 to 16 °C
- Warmest month, June
- 20 to 28 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 7 a year
- Snow
- Rare
- Wettest month, July
- 495 mm of rain
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)
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Weather in Dharchula now
For 908 m, Dharchula's own height, refreshed every hour. Temperatures in °C, times in IST.
19°C
Clear
Dharchula, 908 m. Now, 18:58 IST
- Wind
- 3 km/h
- Humidity
- 61%
- Tonight
- down to 12°
- Tomorrow
- 24° / 12°, dry
- Sunrise, sunset
- 06:26, 17:18
What to wear tomorrow: a light layer for the evening.
The next 24 hours
- 19°Clear
- 18°Clear
- 16°Clear
- 15°Clear
- 13°Clear
- 13°Clear
- 12°Clear
- 12°Clear
- 12°Clear
- 12°Clear
- 12°Clear
- 12°Clear
- 12°Clear
- 15°Clear
- 19°Clear
- 21°Clear
- 22°Clear
- 23°Clear
- 24°Fair
- 24°Showers0.1 mm
- 23°Some cloud
- 22°Some cloud
- 21°Some cloud
- 18°Fair
The next 10 days
| Day | Sky | High / low | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear | 19° 13° | Dry | 6 km/h | |
| Mostly clear | 24° 12° | Dry | 9 km/h | |
| Mostly clear | 24° 11° | Dry | 10 km/h | |
| Clear | 24° 11° | Dry | 10 km/h | |
| Clear | 24° 11° | Dry | 7 km/h | |
| Clear | 24° 10° | Dry | 6 km/h | |
| Clear | 23° 10° | Dry | 5 km/h | |
| Partly cloudy | 24° 11° | Dry | 5 km/h | |
| Clear | 24° 11° | Dry | 6 km/h | |
| Clear | 24° 10° | Dry | 7 km/h |
Forecast for 908 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
Weather in Dharchula by month
Dharchula is coldest in January, when days reach 16 °C and nights fall to 4 °C on average; June is the warmest month, 28 °C by day and 20 °C at night. A frost is rare: about 7 nights a year fall below freezing. The monsoon brings 495 mm of rain in July; November and December are the driest months, with 8 and 19 mm.
| Month | Day °C | Night °C | Rain mm | Rainy days | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16 | 4 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| February | 17 | 5 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| March | 21 | 7 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 26 | 12 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 28 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 28 | 20 | 180 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 27 | 22 | 495 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 27 | 22 | 449 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 26 | 19 | 191 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 24 | 13 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 21 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 18 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
When the sky is clear
The clearest skies come in October, November and December, with 2 to 4 rainy days a month on the 30-year averages; July and August are the wettest, with about 30 rainy days. Days run between 15 and 27 °C with little rain in January, February, March, April, October, November and December.
Weather near Dharchula now
The nearest towns on the road, as the crow flies, with their temperature now and the day's high and low (tomorrow's, in the evening).
- Jauljibi21°Cleartomorrow 26° / 16°
- Didihat14°Cleartomorrow 20° / 8°
- Munsiyari9°Cleartomorrow 16° / 2°
- Thal19°Cleartomorrow 25° / 11°
- Pithoragarh14°Cleartomorrow 20° / 9°
- Garbyang−2°Cleartomorrow 6° / −10°
More about Dharchula: Dharchula, Uttarakhand: The Last Ordinary Town North.
Questions travellers ask about Dharchula's weather
The forecast at the top of this page gives it hour by hour for 908 m, Dharchula's own height, from MET Norway's forecast, refreshed every hour. On the 30-year averages, a November day in Dharchula reaches 21 °C and the night falls to 9 °C.
Dharchula is coldest in January, when days reach 16 °C and nights fall to 4 °C on average; June is the warmest month, 28 °C by day and 20 °C at night. A frost is rare: about 7 nights a year fall below freezing.
Rarely, if ever: on the 1991 to 2020 averages Dharchula has no snow days and only about 7 nights a year below freezing. The higher hills around it see snow most winters.
The clearest skies come in October, November and December, with 2 to 4 rainy days a month on the 30-year averages; July and August are the wettest, with about 30 rainy days. Days run between 15 and 27 °C with little rain in January, February, March, April, October, November and December.
570 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Haldwani, the railhead, it is 276 km.
How we made this page
The forecast is MET Norway's (CC BY 4.0) for Dharchula's map point at its own height, fetched every hour; the daily highs, lows and rain, the feel of the wind and the times of sunrise and sunset are worked out from it by us. The month-by-month figures are the Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis, 1991 to 2020, through Open-Meteo, set to the height of the town. The map point is from docs/research/distances.json places.dharchula (Wikidata Q684523); the height from Wikidata Q684523 P2044; road distances from OpenStreetMap through the OSRM router. If anything here looks wrong, 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
