Best time to visit Nepal for an amazing holiday experience

Nepal is that country where you can feel the whole world because here you can find three different types of temperatures so the best time to visit Nepal can differ from what you are wishing you, to witness. Nepal has Tarai, the plain region with the border with India, the hilly (Pahadp) region neither very hot nor cold and the mountain region (Himali region) usually very cold.

Usually, people travel to Nepal to observe the natural beauty and cultural and traditional phenomena. If you are looking to have the best trekking and mountain climbing experience then September to November and March to May are the good time to visit Nepal. Not only are these two seasons, spring and autumn also, but summer and winter also offer the amazing trekking experience because Nepal has hundreds of trekking trails.

The weather and temperature are unpredictable in Nepal in any season. For instance, during the spring season very hot in the Tarai part, and at the same time, the high passes in the Himalayas will be freezing cold. High passes such as Thorong La Pass 5416m in Annapurna Circuit Trek, Larke Pass 5106m during Manaslu Trek, and Renjola Pass, Chola Pass, and Kongmala Pass in the Everest region. These places will be very frigid in all seasons.

Choosing the right time to visit Nepal as your goal is very essential to achieving those goals, otherwise, that will be a waste of money and time. Nepal has four main seasons those are spring, summer, autumn, and winter, hereby I am going to give details information about these four seasons.

The spring season to visit Nepal. Best time to visit Nepal for trekking and climbing.

The Spring season is one of the best trekking seasons in Nepal. Every year thousands of international trekkers travel to Nepal, this season for trekking to Everest Base Camp Trek, Annapurna Base Camp Trek, Langtang valley trek, and many more. As commonly known the spring season is the king of the season. So during this season, the open blue sky will welcome you; and the temperature and weather in the Himalayas are also very clear to have the stunning mountain and surrounding views.

During the spring season, most of the trekking trails will be decorated with Rhododendron flowers. Because everywhere there will be colorful Rhododendron flowers will bloom and whole region will make colourful. As the season begins the festive season will begin in Nepal. Nepal and Nepalese celebrate a lot of festivals and fairs, so spring is the best time to visit Nepal for a natural and cultural experience. The list of the festival celebrates in Nepal during the spring season are.

Holi Festival (The festival of color)

Maha Shivaratri Festival

Buddha Jayanti

Indra Jatra

Bisket Jatra

Basanta Panchami

Rato Machindranath Jatra

Upper Mustang Tiji Festival

Summer season in Nepal.

The summer season is the rainy season in Nepal, during this season temperature will be hot and humid and the weather will be not clear and mostly rain. However, some treks can do during this season and those trekking routes are Upper Mustang, Dopla, and the higher part of Everest and Annapurna too.

During the summer season, in Nepal, Nepalese people celebrate many festivals and one most popular among the tourists is Ropai Festival (Rice planting festival). This festival celebrates the 15th of the Nepali month Ashar (Ashad) this day many people gather in the rice field and celebrates this festival by planting rice plant and playing with mud. Along with this Ropai festival during the monsoon season, other many festivals will celebrate in Nepal those festival are.

Teej

Krishna Janmasthami

Janai Purnima

Nagh Panchami

Upper Mustang Tiji Festival

Rishi Panchami

Autumn season in Nepal

The Autumn season is another best time to travel in Nepal for trekking and mountaineering activities. During this season the weather will be cristal clear sky. And also the temperature will be perfect to do trekking in the Himalayas of Nepal.

In the autumn season, many mountain climbers from all over the globe will come to Nepal to climb one of their dream mountains. Because Nepal has 8 out of 14 eight thousand peaks and other six thousand and 7 thousand meter high mountain peaks in Nepal.

This season is not only a good time to visit Nepal, but also the festive season. During autumn Nepal will celebrate the greatest festival of Nepal Dashain and Tihar for more than a month. Dashain and Tihar are the festivals when all the families get together and celebrate with joy and happiness.

Dashain Festival

Tihar Festival

Chhat Festival

Mani Rindu in the Everest region

Bibaha Panchami

Combining your trip with one of these festivals will make your journey to Nepal is a lifetime journey.

Winter season in Nepal.

Winter? What comes to your mind? Very cold right? Yes, winter season is cold season and during this season the trekking trails, especially the higher trekking trails are frozen and almost unable to do a trek. Although, other trekking trails are possible to do during winter too.

Those trekking trails are Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek, Mardi Himal Trek, Langtang Valley Trek, Tamang Heritage Trek, Helambu Trek, etc. Not only the trekking you can take a tour to Chitwan National Park and Bardia National Park to enjoy the wildlife and different nature of the Himalayas. On the other hand, if you want to explore the birthplace of Buddha you can visit Lumbini.

In the winter season also Nepal celebrates many different types of festivals. Because Nepali people celebrate almost every day a festival. So when you travel to Nepal match your holiday with one of the festivals to understand the culture and nature of Nepal.

Festival celebrates in the wintertime

Maghe Sankranti

Loshar (Tamang, Sherpa, and Gurung community)

Yamari Purnima

Christmas

English new year

In a nutshell – what is the best time to visit Nepal?

There is no specific answer to this question what is the best time to visit Nepal. As I already mentioned above Nepal has four different seasons and all these seasons have their own specialty. The reality is that if you want to do trekking and climbing then choose spring and autumn. But the disadvantage during this two-season is there are many trekkers and very crowded trekking trails and hotels and guest houses. And there are some treks you can do in summer and winter too so that Nepal is the all-year holiday destination in the world.