On the ridge, rain decides almost everything — whether the single road up from Dumre holds, whether the Annapurna and Manaslu skyline is out or hidden, and whether the bazaar is full or quiet. The chart above tracks the last 30 days against the 30-year average and the week ahead; this calendar explains what each season usually brings here. Bandipur gets about 1,824 mm of rain a year, and roughly a quarter of it falls in July alone.
Where the year stands
It is the post-monsoon (clear skies) — the rain clears, the air washes clean and Annapurna and Manaslu come out on the skyline. This is the start of the October–April visitor season and when Dashain and Tihar usually fall; the road dries out and risk drops.
| Season | When | |
|---|
| Monsoon (heaviest rain) | 1 June – 30 September | |
| Post-monsoon (clear skies) | 1 October – 30 November | now |
| Winter (dry and cool) | 1 December – 28 February | |
| Pre-monsoon (building storms) | 1 March – 31 May | |
These boundaries are typical, not fixed — the monsoon onset and withdrawal drift by a few weeks from year to year, so the live data above is the better guide for any single week.
The last 30 days
303 mm
Rain, last 30 days
Model estimate for the area, not a rain gauge
178 mm
Typical for these dates
Average over 1991–2020, same model family
That is noticeably more rain than is typical for these dates.
The week ahead
No day this week is forecast to bring 1 mm of rain or more.
| Day | Rain | Chance of rain |
|---|
| Mon 12 Oct (today) | 0 mm | 0% |
| Tue 13 Oct | 0 mm | 0% |
| Wed 14 Oct | 0 mm | 0% |
| Thu 15 Oct | 0 mm | 2% |
| Fri 16 Oct | 0 mm | 7% |
| Sat 17 Oct | 0 mm | 12% |
| Sun 18 Oct | 0 mm | 1% |
Worth knowing
The monsoon and the only road
Bandipur has one vehicle road in: the 8 km climb from Dumre on the Prithvi Highway, across steep, slip-prone hillsides. In heavy monsoon rain it degrades or closes, and when it does there is no second route — supplies stop and the trip to the hospital in Damauli is cut. In the wet season, check the road before you set out, and report a fresh slip to the municipality.
When the mountains come out
The Annapurna and Manaslu views that draw most visitors need clear, settled air, which the post-monsoon (October–November) and winter give. Arrive in July expecting the skyline and it will usually be hidden behind monsoon cloud — the same rain that makes the road risky also takes the view away.
A wet year does not fill the taps
Bandipur sits on a narrow ridge with no river beside it, so the town's piped water is unreliable even in a heavy monsoon and the old Tin Dhara stone spouts are still used day to day. More rain in the sky here does not reliably mean more water from the tap.
Updated 12 October at 17:37. Rain figures are weather-model estimates for the area around Bandipur bazaar (1,030 m) — useful for comparing periods, not exact bucketfuls; one valley can catch a storm the next one misses. The “typical” figures are 1991–2020 averages from the same modelling family (ERA5), so the comparison is like-for-like. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).