Dharān
City in Nepal: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Dharan: User: (WT-shared) Kaushik at wts wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 1.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Dharān is a city in Nepal, in Koshi. About 173,096 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Nepal in our atlas.
It lies at 26.81° N, 87.28° E, about 375 m (1,230 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kathmandu time zone.
Location
Red dot: Dharān. Green dots: other major cities of Nepal. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Dharān has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 7°C (44°F). Around 1,230 mm (48 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in NepalNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Biratnagar · 40 km
- Janakpur · 134 km
- Pātan · 217 km
- Kathmandu · 218 km
- Hetauda · 233 km
- Birgañj · 239 km
- Bharatpur · 298 km
- Pokhara · 366 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1283460 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q8254 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Dharan: User: (WT-shared) Kaushik at wts wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 1.0 (Wikimedia Commons)