Pokhara
City in Nepal: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Pokhara1: जनक राज भट्ट, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Pokhara is a city in Nepal, in Gandaki Pradesh. About 600,051 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Nepal in our atlas.
It lies at 28.27° N, 83.97° E, about 1,008 m (3,307 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kathmandu time zone.
Location
Red dot: Pokhara. Green dots: other major cities of Nepal. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Pokhara has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 19°C (65°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (23°F). Around 1,316 mm (52 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in NepalNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Bharatpur · 80 km
- Butwāl · 81 km
- Hetauda · 140 km
- Kathmandu · 146 km
- Pātan · 147 km
- Birgañj · 165 km
- Nepalgunj · 231 km
- Janakpur · 256 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1282898 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q6640 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Pokhara1: जनक राज भट्ट, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Annapurna Range and the Phewa Lake: Saroj Pandey, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
