Pithoragarh district about 4,500 m
Adi Kailash (Jolingkong) Weather and Temperature Today
Jolingkong is the lake and temple below Adi Kailash, where travellers see the peak, at about 4,500 m in Pithoragarh district. The forecast below is for that height, refreshed every hour; under it, each month on 30 years of data.
Adi Kailash (Jolingkong) in numbers
- Height
- about 4,500 m (14,760 ft)
- District
- Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
- From Delhi
- 683 km by road
- From Haldwani
- 389 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 204 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- −20 to −11 °C
- Warmest month, July
- 4 to 10 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 272 a year
- Snow
- About 64 days a year
- Wettest month, July
- 216 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 Adi Kailash (Jolingkong) now
For about 4,500 m, Adi Kailash (Jolingkong)'s own height, refreshed every hour. Temperatures in °C, times in IST.
−10°C
Clear
Adi Kailash (Jolingkong), about 4,500 m. Now, 18:59 IST
- Feels like
- −13°C
- Wind
- 5 km/h
- Humidity
- 61%
- Tonight
- down to −15°
- Tomorrow
- −4° / −18°, dry
- Sunrise, sunset
- 06:27, 17:17
What to wear tomorrow: a down jacket, thermals, gloves and a cap.
The next 24 hours
- −10°Clear
- −11°Clear
- −12°Clear
- −13°Clear
- −13°Clear
- −14°Clear
- −14°Clear
- −15°Clear
- −15°Clear
- −15°Clear
- −15°Clear
- −15°Clear
- −15°Clear
- −13°Clear
- −10°Clear
- −6°Clear
- −4°Clear
- −4°Clear
- −4°Clear
- −4°Clear
- −4°Clear
- −5°Clear
- −7°Clear
- −9°Fair
The next 10 days
| Day | Sky | High / low | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear | −9° −14° | Dry | 9 km/h | |
| Clear | −4° −18° | Dry | 11 km/h | |
| Mostly clear | −5° −18° | Dry | 11 km/h | |
| Mostly clear | −5° −18° | Dry | 9 km/h | |
| Mostly clear | −5° −18° | Dry | 7 km/h | |
| Clear | −2° −13° | Dry | 6 km/h | |
| Clear | −2° −15° | Dry | 7 km/h | |
| Mostly clear | −2° −15° | Dry | 6 km/h | |
| Partly cloudy | −3° −15° | 0.7 mm | 8 km/h | |
| Partly cloudy | −5° −12° | 0.9 mm | 13 km/h |
Forecast for about 4,500 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
Weather in Adi Kailash (Jolingkong) by month
Adi Kailash (Jolingkong) is coldest in January, when days reach −11 °C and nights fall to −20 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 10 °C by day and 4 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 272 times a year, on most nights from October to June. Snow falls on about 64 days a year, mostly from September to June. The monsoon brings 216 mm of rain in July; November and October are the driest months, with 19 and 30 mm.
| Month | Day °C | Night °C | Rain mm | Rainy days | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −11 | −20 | 93 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| February | −10 | −19 | 111 | 11 | 11 | 28 |
| March | −6 | −16 | 87 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| April | −2 | −12 | 49 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| May | 2 | −8 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| June | 7 | −1 | 103 | 20 | 3 | 16 |
| July | 10 | 4 | 216 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 10 | 4 | 207 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 8 | 0 | 104 | 16 | 1 | 13 |
| October | 2 | −8 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 31 |
| November | −2 | −14 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| December | −7 | −18 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 31 |
When the sky is clear
The clearest skies come in October, November and December, with 3 to 5 rainy days a month on the 30-year averages; July and August are the wettest, with about 29 rainy days.
Weather near Adi Kailash (Jolingkong) 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).
- Kuti−7°Cleartomorrow 0° / −11°
- Darma Valley (Dantu)−1°Cleartomorrow 6° / −12°
- Gunji−1°Cleartomorrow 6° / −9°
- Garbyang−2°Cleartomorrow 6° / −10°
- Om Parvat (Nabhidhang)−7°Cleartomorrow 0° / −15°
- Munsiyari9°Cleartomorrow 16° / 2°
Adi Kailash weather guide: the season, month by month
More about Adi Kailash (Jolingkong): How to Reach Parvati Kund: Drive to Gunji, Then Jolingkong.
Questions travellers ask about Adi Kailash (Jolingkong)'s weather
The forecast at the top of this page gives it hour by hour for about 4,500 m, Adi Kailash (Jolingkong)'s own height, from MET Norway's forecast, refreshed every hour. On the 30-year averages, a November day in Adi Kailash (Jolingkong) reaches −2 °C and the night falls to −14 °C.
Adi Kailash (Jolingkong) is coldest in January, when days reach −11 °C and nights fall to −20 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 10 °C by day and 4 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 272 times a year, on most nights from October to June.
Yes: snow falls on about 64 days a year, mostly from September to June, 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 5 rainy days a month on the 30-year averages; July and August are the wettest, with about 29 rainy days.
683 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Haldwani, the railhead, it is 389 km.
How we made this page
The forecast is MET Norway's (CC BY 4.0) for Adi Kailash (Jolingkong)'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.jolingkong (OpenStreetMap "Lake Jolingkong"); 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
