Monsoon likely to arrive in Nepal in a week

लगानी न्यूज

२३ जेष्ठ २०८३, शनिबार ०८:१२June 6, 2026

. It will take another week for monsoon to enter Nepal in a week. According to senior meteorologist at the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Barun Poudel, monsoon has already entered Kerala and Tamil Nadu of South India and it will take a week for it to reach Nepal via Bay of Bengal.

Meteorologist Poudel said, “It is not possible to say with certainty that monsoon will enter at this time.TAG_OPEN_div_19 However, monsoon is expected to arrive within a week. Monsoon is likely to reach the Bay of Bengal in three to four days and then it may be around a week or a little before or a few days after it arrives in Nepal. Sometimes, monsoon enters early if it becomes active early and becomes active late, it arrives late, he said.

The average date of onset of monsoon in Nepal is June 13.TAG_OPEN_div_17 However, the average date of monsoon entering India on June 1 has been delayed this time. Therefore, it is predicted that it will enter Nepal a little later than the scheduled date, Poudel said.

} “Normally, it would arrive in Nepal within a week of arrival in Kerala, but its speed depends on how active the system is, so the arrival of monsoon around a week is uneven,” he said.

This monsoon is expected to receive less than average rainfall and heat will be hotter. Meteorologists have predicted that there is a possibility of heavy rain or drought in some areas.

According to Shanti Mahat, spokesperson of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, 226,TAG_OPEN_div_11 000 people of 51,000 families are estimated to be affected during the monsoon season.