Nepal weather & when to go: March

The weather in March in Nepal can be a little unsettled, so you'd do well to pack a rain jacket, but the monsoon doesn't hit for a couple more months so the rain, if it comes, is light and short lived. At higher altitudes March has a reputation amongst the Sherpas for being colder than December at night. With temperatures dropping to -10°C, there's usually quite a lot of snow still lying around. Elsewhere, daytime temperatures are beginning to climb to 20°C and more. The views can be a little obscured by haze, particularly at lower elevations. The water festival of Holi is celebrated in early March. It’s certainly a colourful event: locals paint their faces with brightly coloured powders and throw coloured water at each other using buckets and water bombs!