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The met office expects a delayed, weaker-than-normal monsoon with hotter days in 2026 — a forecast that quietly favours shoulder-season trekkers and…
By Laxman Rawal · Jun 15, 2026
Every June, Nepal watches the sky and waits for the monsoon. This year it arrived fashionably late — and forecasters expect it to be gentler than usual. Nepal's meteorologists say the 2026 monsoon set in a few days behind its normal onset date of 13 June, and…
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The national weather service expects a weaker-than-normal monsoon this year, with rainfall below the long-term average and both daytime highs and overnight lows running warmer than usual. The onset was delayed because the atmospheric conditions needed to pull…
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The golden rule of summer trekking in Nepal is to follow the rain shadow. The great Himalayan wall wrings the moisture out of the clouds before they reach the high valleys behind it, leaving places like Upper Mustang, Upper Dolpo and the upper Manaslu and…
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Forecasts are guidance, not guarantees, and mountain weather writes its own rules. But the broad signal for 2026 — late, dry-leaning, warm — is the kind of summer where a well-chosen rain-shadow trek can deliver clear mornings, empty trails and prices well…
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