Bandipur Rain Outlook
Where the rains stand on the ridge: the last 30 days against the 30-year average and the week ahead, with what each season means for the road, the mountain views and the bazaar.
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Where the rains stand on the ridge: the last 30 days against the 30-year average and the week ahead, with what each season means for the road, the mountain views and the bazaar.
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.
It is the monsoon (heaviest rain) — the wet season, peaking in July at around 463 mm. This is when the 8 km road up from Dumre is most at risk — heavy rain triggers landslides and slips that can close it, cutting off supplies and the route to hospital in Damauli. The mountains are usually behind cloud, and the bazaar is at its quietest.
| Season | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Monsoon (heaviest rain) | 1 June – 30 September | now |
| Post-monsoon (clear skies) | 1 October – 30 November | |
| 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.
That is close to typical for these dates.
6 of the next 7 days are forecast to bring 1 mm of rain or more, with about 49 mm in total (typical for this week: 117 mm).
| Day | Rain | Chance of rain |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 18 Jun (today) | 17 mm | 100% |
| Fri 19 Jun | 6 mm | 91% |
| Sat 20 Jun | 12 mm | 96% |
| Sun 21 Jun | 8 mm | 97% |
| Mon 22 Jun | 5 mm | 91% |
| Tue 23 Jun | 2 mm | 71% |
| Wed 24 Jun | 0 mm | 53% |
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.
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.
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 18 June at 15:12. 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).