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Season Calendar: Kanchenjunga Base Camp

The Kanchenjunga Base Camp Year

Autumn is the only window the overall guide fully trusts here: October and November give the clear views, April and May add rhododendron colour below 3,500m, and the monsoon and deep winter are left to the very well prepared.

Kanchenjunga Base Camp, the year at a glance
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When to walk the Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek

October and November are prime season. April and May are good with caveats. March, September and December are shoulder season. January, February, June, July and August are the tough months. Every month below opens a full report: temperatures at real waypoints, trail and summit conditions, crowd levels, flights and what we advise.

Prime seasonGood conditionsShoulder seasonTough season
  1. JanuaryTough seasonThe coldest nights on the route at Lhonak, snow on the passes, and an empty trail4-7°Cday, Ghunsa-18 to -13°Cnight, PangpemaQuietcrowds
  2. FebruaryTough seasonStill deep winter, with the first small easing of the cold late in the month4-8°Cday, Ghunsa-16 to -11°Cnight, PangpemaQuietcrowds
  3. MarchShoulder seasonThe early edge of spring: milder days, cold nights, and rhododendron still to come7-11°Cday, Ghunsa-13 to -8°Cnight, PangpemaQuietcrowds
  4. AprilGood conditionsRhododendron month: warmer nights, bloom below 3,500m, and a second-best window10-14°Cday, Ghunsa-10 to -5°Cnight, PangpemaQuietcrowds
  5. MayGood conditionsSpring’s warmest month, with the last of the bloom and cloud building by late month12-16°Cday, Ghunsa-7 to -2°Cnight, PangpemaQuietcrowds
  6. JuneTough seasonMonsoon arrives: wet trail, hidden views, and the long road days at risk13-16°Cday, Ghunsa-2 to 2°Cnight, PangpemaQuietcrowds
  7. JulyTough seasonDeep monsoon: the wettest month, the warmest nights, and views that mostly hide14-16°Cday, Ghunsa0 to 4°Cnight, PangpemaQuietcrowds
  8. AugustTough seasonMonsoon continues; the same wet trail, with the first hints of change late in the month14-16°Cday, Ghunsa0 to 3°Cnight, PangpemaQuietcrowds
  9. SeptemberShoulder seasonThe monsoon tail: a wet start and a clearer finish as the autumn window opens12-15°Cday, Ghunsa-4 to 0°Cnight, PangpemaQuietcrowds
  10. OctoberPrime seasonThe clear-view window: dry air, open passes, and a Light month on a route that is never busy10-14°Cday, Ghunsa-10 to -5°Cnight, PangpemaLightcrowds
  11. NovemberPrime seasonCrisp, clear and colder: the second half of the autumn window, with the passes the main variable7-10°Cday, Ghunsa-15 to -10°Cnight, PangpemaLightcrowds
  12. DecemberShoulder seasonEarly winter: clear and quiet, with the cold deepening and the passes at risk4-8°Cday, Ghunsa-17 to -12°Cnight, PangpemaQuietcrowds
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