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Barometric pressure in Pokhara

1008hPa
Steady

Taking each day as a whole, pressure has barely moved. A fall begins this evening.

Sea level reading, as of 21:00 local time. A barometer in Pokhara itself reads about 889 hPa.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now25° / 20°26° / 21°26° / 21°28° / 21°27° / 21°27° / 21°27° / 21°26° / 21°26° / 21°27° / 21°26° / 21°25° / 21°27° / 21°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291000.01002.51005.01007.51010.0
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 +1 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Light drizzle27° / 21°2.1 mm

low 1004 · high 1008 hPa

MonAug 24 0 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light drizzle26° / 21°7.8 mm

low 1004 · high 1008 hPa

TueAug 25 +1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle26° / 21°6.9 mm

low 1003 · high 1008 hPa

WedAug 26 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light rain27° / 21°12.9 mm

low 1002 · high 1008 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light drizzle26° / 21°6.9 mm

low 1001 · high 1007 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light rain25° / 21°10.8 mm

low 1001 · high 1006 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle27° / 21°6.6 mm

low 1001 · high 1005 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Light drizzle21°0.11007
01:00Light drizzle21°0.11006
02:00Light drizzle21°0.11006
03:00Overcast21°1006
04:00Overcast21°1006
05:00Overcast21°1006
06:00Partly cloudy22°1007
07:00Mainly clear23°1007
08:00Mainly clear24°1007
09:00Clear sky25°1007
10:00Clear sky26°1008
11:00Mainly clear27°1007
12:00Light drizzle27°0.21007
13:00Light drizzle27°0.21005
14:00Light drizzle27°0.21004
15:00Light drizzle26°0.31004
16:00Light drizzle25°0.31005
17:00Light drizzle24°0.31005
18:00Light drizzle23°0.11006
19:00Light drizzle22°0.11007
20:00Light drizzle22°0.11008
21:00Overcast22°1008
22:00Overcast22°1008
23:00Overcast22°1008

A quiet week, with no day moving more than 6 hPa.

What happens next

The high point comes this evening, near 1008 hPa; after that it falls.

The daily rhythm

In Pokhara pressure moves on a daily clock: about 4 hPa between its regular low and high, at much the same hours every day. That daily swing is most of the shape you see on the graph, so the change since yesterday tells you more here than the change over the past few hours.

Your own barometer

Pokhara sits 1097 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 119 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 889 hPa as of 21:00.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Pokhara.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Wondering if this weather is normal? See what the weather in Pokhara has done since 1940, on our sister site weatherjourney.com.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Pokhara, which stands 1097 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 119 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.