Annapurna base camp trek is a very well known popular trek in Nepal. Before visiting Annapurna Base Camp, You must know about the Annapurna base camp trek weather first. This trek is often compared with the popular Everest base camp trek. The best time to go is in the spring and autumn season respectively.
Spring is the best time for trekkers. In Spring, Annapurna Base Camp Trek weather will be sunny with clean and colorful hills and the Himalayas. The temperature during an early march is 10 degrees Celsius at a lower altitude yet when you reach beyond 4000m the weather is a bit cooler. Therefore, need to carry warm clothes during the early march.
April, the average daytime temperature of higher altitude is 8 degrees Celsius to -4 degree Celsius. And, lower altitude with a warm temperature of 20 degrees Celsius. Tho at night the temperature is cooler, therefore, you need to carry ward clothes
May is the hottest month among others. The temperature rises to double than march that is 18 to 22 degrees Celsius at a lower altitude. And at night, cooler than days with the temperature around 5 degrees Celsius.
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A season with 3 different weather and temperatures. In this season there is slightly rain during early September. Monsoon season will be gone in mid-September. The temperature starts to fall down from 18 degrees Celsius to 4 degrees Celsius. The highest reach of the trek Thorong La Pass(5416m) temperature drops to -4 degrees Celsius during day time. More Autumn season pass by you can see a clear and blue sky with colorful flowers with green hills.
October is known as the best month to trek. The seans are clear with nostalgic landscape views. The path is easy to walk due to warm and sunny conditions. The lower altitude of Annapurna Base Camp is warm with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius. The higher altitudes are much cooler than the lower during the daytime. So, it is suggested to pack think and warm clothes during trekking.
November is the last month of the autumn season and is also known as the best time to trek Annapurna Base Camp Trek. The weather and temperature are similar to October. There is no rainfall or snowfall during this month.
The average temperature at day time is 15 degrees celsius and during night time the temperature is 8 degrees celsius. The highest peak like Thorong La Pass is freezing during day and night time.
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This trek can also be done in short Annapurna base camp trek in lesser days.
Winter season with heavy snowfall less rainfall. It is hard to cross a peak like Thorong La Pass(5416m) due to low degrees temperature and heavy snowfall to walk. It is also known as the driest season among all seasons.
The average temperature of daytime is around 10 to 5 degrees celsius. And, at night time it falls to -5 degrees celsius. The higher altitudes above 4000m are even cooler and have heavy snowfalls during these months. Due to cool weather snow can occur at any time. The path to camp is really hard to trek so you need to carry proper winter gear during these months.
January is the coldest month of the year. In higher altitude, the temperature is around 1-degree Celsius to -10 degrees Celsius at daytime. The night time is even cooler. Whereas, the lower altitudes temperature is about 7 to 12 degrees Celsius. In this month the days are shorter and night is longer, mainly day and night is very cold temperature hence, you need to carry warm clothes during the winter season.
February month is the ending of the winter month and the starting of the spring month. So, you can experience two weather this month. In higher altitudes, there may be some clouds that cover mountain views. The weather is still cold at the starting of this month. The temperature starts to increase as the month starts to end. If you are planning to visit care warm clothes and gears.
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Summer season is also known as monsoon season. Among these months, July occurs to be heavy rainfall in the Annapurna base campTrek 2022/2023
June is the starting of raining season, the lower altitude temperature of monsoons season is 16 to 30 degrees Celsius. And, upper altitudes is about -4 degrees Celsius. The rain can be at anytime anywhere so the trekkers are not considering to trek in any of treks. But some trekkers come to trek with proper rain gear.
July is the month that falls heavy rainfall among other months. Due to rain, the area is a bit colder and hard to trek in trails due to the muddy and sloppy path. The temperature is around 18 to 6 degrees Celsius. Due to heavy rainfall, the view of mountains is blocked and covered with clouds.
During this season the trails are filled with leaches and mosquito around the bushes. The days are mostly rainy and wet so, the trekkers need to carry proper rain gear.
August is the end of the season of monsoon. The temperature starts to increase reaching around 19 to 30 degrees Celsius. There can be some natural disaster like landslide and erosion, blocking the trails. The rain doesn’t stop to fall it keeps track slippery and muddy so you need to carry proper rain gear before trekking.
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carry mosquito repellent cream
be careful with harmful insects during trekking
We hope you will get ideas about Annapurna Base Camp Trek in different seasons. If you have any queries about Annapurna Base Camp Trek Weather, please feel free to contact us!
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