Trail & Weather
The honest numbers: about −10°C to −15°C on a normal autumn or spring night at the highest camp, and below −20°C in mid-winter — plus exactly what to…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 4, 2026
The short answer On a normal autumn or spring night, the coldest camp — Gorak Shep (5,164m) — drops to roughly −10°C to −15°C . Down at Namche Bazaar (3,440m) those same nights are far milder: around −2°C to −6°C . In…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Two things drive the temperature on this trek: altitude and time of day. As a rule of thumb air cools by roughly 6.5°C for every 1,000m you climb, so the 1,700m between Namche and Gorak Shep is worth about 11°C on its own. The best hard data we have…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
The cold is beaten with layers and a serious sleeping bag, not brute-force down. Teahouse dining rooms are heated (usually by a yak-dung stove) in the evening, but bedrooms are not — the temperatures in the table above are effectively your bedroom…
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