Pithoragarh district 3,200 m
Gunji Weather Today: Temperature, 10-Day Forecast, by Month
Gunji is a village of the Vyas valley, on the road to Adi Kailash and Om Parvat, at 3,200 m in Pithoragarh district. The forecast below is for that height, refreshed every hour; under it, each month on 30 years of data.
Gunji in numbers
- Height
- 3,200 m (10,500 ft)
- District
- Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
- From Delhi
- 648 km by road
- From Haldwani
- 353 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 168 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- −14 to −2 °C
- Warmest month, July
- 12 to 18 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 195 a year
- Snow
- About 32 days a year
- Wettest month, July
- 479 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)
The position changes with the weather and the district's orders. Ask us on WhatsApp where it stands today
Weather in Gunji now
For 3,200 m, Gunji's own height, refreshed every hour. Temperatures in °C, times in IST.
−1°C
Clear
Gunji, 3,200 m. Now, 18:59 IST
- Wind
- 3 km/h
- Humidity
- 68%
- Tonight
- down to −9°
- Tomorrow
- 6° / −9°, dry
- Sunrise, sunset
- 06:26, 17:16
What to wear tomorrow: a down jacket, thermals, gloves and a cap.
Snow in the forecast: Wednesday.
The next 24 hours
- −1°Clear
- −3°Clear
- −5°Clear
- −7°Clear
- −7°Clear
- −8°Clear
- −8°Clear
- −8°Clear
- −9°Clear
- −9°Clear
- −9°Clear
- −9°Clear
- −9°Clear
- −7°Clear
- −2°Clear
- 3°Clear
- 4°Clear
- 5°Clear
- 6°Clear
- 6°Clear
- 5°Fair
- 4°Fair
- 3°Fair
- 0°Fair
The next 10 days
| Day | Sky | High / low | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear | −1° −8° | Dry | 4 km/h | |
| Clear | 6° −9° | Dry | 8 km/h | |
| Partly cloudy | 4° −11° | Dry | 8 km/h | |
| Mostly clear | 5° −14° | Dry | 6 km/h | |
| Light snow | 5° −10° | 0.9 mm | 4 km/h | |
| Mostly clear | 7° −10° | Dry | 4 km/h | |
| Mostly clear | 7° −8° | Dry | 5 km/h | |
| Mostly clear | 7° −9° | Dry | 5 km/h | |
| Partly cloudy | 6° −9° | Dry | 4 km/h | |
| Partly cloudy | 4° −11° | Dry | 5 km/h |
Forecast for 3,200 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
Weather in Gunji by month
Gunji 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 | Rainy days | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2 | −14 | 69 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
| February | −1 | −12 | 83 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| March | 3 | −9 | 66 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| April | 8 | −4 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| May | 12 | 1 | 74 | 17 | 0 | 10 |
| June | 16 | 8 | 199 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 18 | 12 | 479 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 17 | 12 | 437 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 16 | 8 | 176 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 11 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| November | 7 | −5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| December | 3 | −10 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
When the sky is clear
The clearest skies come in October, November and December, with 3 to 6 rainy days a month on the 30-year averages; July and August are the wettest, with about 31 rainy days.
Weather near Gunji 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).
- Garbyang−2°Cleartomorrow 6° / −10°
- Om Parvat (Nabhidhang)−7°Cleartomorrow 0° / −15°
- Kuti−7°Cleartomorrow 0° / −11°
- Adi Kailash (Jolingkong)−10°Cleartomorrow −4° / −18°
- Darma Valley (Dantu)−1°Cleartomorrow 6° / −12°
- Dharchula19°Cleartomorrow 24° / 12°
Where to stay in Gunji: 29 hotels and homestays, mapped, with the snow peaks each one sees.
More about Gunji: its height, the road and where to stay; Gunji, Uttarakhand: The Village Where the Road Forks.
Questions travellers ask about Gunji's weather
The forecast at the top of this page gives it hour by hour for 3,200 m, Gunji's own height, from MET Norway's forecast, refreshed every hour. On the 30-year averages, a November day in Gunji reaches 7 °C and the night falls to −5 °C.
Gunji 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. The 10-day forecast above says when snow is due.
The clearest skies come in October, November and December, with 3 to 6 rainy days a month on the 30-year averages; July and August are the wettest, with about 31 rainy days.
648 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Haldwani, the railhead, it is 353 km.
How we made this page
The forecast is MET Norway's (CC BY 4.0) for Gunji'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.gunji (OpenStreetMap village node); the height from the site's published figure (stop-altitudes.mjs precedence; docs/research/altitudes.json); 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
