Okhaldhunga is the headquarters of the Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3761 living in 790 individual households.

Climate

Climate data for Okhaldhunga, elevation 1,731 m (5,679 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1983–2017)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)22.7 (72.9)27.6 (81.7)28.8 (83.8)30.9 (87.6)30.5 (86.9)31.2 (88.2)29.4 (84.9)29.5 (85.1)29.3 (84.7)29.5 (85.1)27.9 (82.2)25.6 (78.1)31.2 (88.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)15.8 (60.4)18.1 (64.6)21.8 (71.2)24.6 (76.3)25.2 (77.4)25.4 (77.7)24.9 (76.8)25.1 (77.2)24.6 (76.3)23.6 (74.5)20.8 (69.4)17.4 (63.3)22.3 (72.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)10.6 (51.1)12.6 (54.7)16.2 (61.2)19.1 (66.4)20.3 (68.5)21.3 (70.3)21.3 (70.3)21.4 (70.5)20.6 (69.1)18.7 (65.7)15.4 (59.7)12.1 (53.8)17.5 (63.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)5.3 (41.5)7.1 (44.8)10.5 (50.9)13.6 (56.5)15.3 (59.5)17.2 (63.0)17.7 (63.9)17.6 (63.7)16.6 (61.9)13.7 (56.7)10.0 (50.0)6.7 (44.1)12.6 (54.7)
Record low °C (°F)−1.5 (29.3)0.2 (32.4)2.7 (36.9)4.4 (39.9)6.5 (43.7)11.3 (52.3)14.0 (57.2)10.9 (51.6)10.2 (50.4)7.5 (45.5)3.0 (37.4)0.6 (33.1)−1.5 (29.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)12.0 (0.47)14.9 (0.59)25.8 (1.02)66.5 (2.62)153.0 (6.02)292.9 (11.53)417.8 (16.45)416.0 (16.38)265.0 (10.43)61.2 (2.41)8.0 (0.31)8.2 (0.32)1,741.3 (68.56)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)1.62.23.97.914.018.422.221.416.35.41.00.8115.1
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization
Source 2: Department of Hydrology and Meteorology

Media

To promote local culture Okhaldhunga has two FM radio stations: Radio Likhu (91.3 MHz) and Ramailo Samudayek Radio (100.6 MHz), both of which are community radio stations.

Gallery

  • tholedema khijeeview
  • toledema
  • Gaungtol
  • dandakhi
  • KhijiV
  • KhijiDVC2
  • Khijee3
  • Khiji4
  • satatol
  • Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga
  • Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga

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