Punākha, Bhutan is a 22K-resident city with 129 sunny days and 35 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 23.2 µg/m³. A city in Bhutan.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 16 |
| Daily mean°C | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 12 |
| Daily low°C | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 21 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 15 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | -2 | -1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 87 | 88 | 90 | 85 | 83 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 88 | 86 |
| Dewpoint°C | 0.9 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 9.0 | 11.1 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 13.9 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 9.2 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 8 | 16 | 30 | 38 | 56 | 129 | 105 | 157 | 47 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 647 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 160 |
| Snowfallmm | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 6.6 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 |
| Clear skyindex | 26% | 30% | 29% | 32% | 29% | 16% | 12% | 15% | 25% | 37% | 44% | 36% | 28% |
| UV indexmax avg | 5.1 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 6.6 |
Punākha offers a solid outdoor season. Dinner outside works 4/12 months, while walking is comfortable 12/12 months — impressive.
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Air Quality
Punākha reports an annual PM2.5 of 23.2 µg/m³. That's meaningfully above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ yet within the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³.
Punākha reports an annual PM2.5 of 23.2 µg/m³. That's meaningfully above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ yet within the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³.
PM2.5 annual average of 23.2 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Punākha? Honestly, air quality could be better — Punākha's 23.2 µg/m³ annual PM2.5 is above WHO guidelines, though still within ranges common for larger cities.