“Rain helps Pokhara to unwind its green hills, white mountains and blue skies.”
Rain resets Pokhara's sky
Pokhara receives an annual rainfall of 3,300 mm and 3,900 mm making it the wettest city of Nepal.
Pokhara, known for the lakes like Phewa, Begnas and the clear and close view of mountains like Machhapuchhre, Annapurna, Dhaulagiri requires the cleanest air possible for the best view.
The regional climate of Pokhara that cause almost daily rainfall in this city will help to settle down all the dusts, smoke and PM 2.5 and PM 10 matter from the air into the land making the air clean again.
But that natural advantage is being tested.
According to IQAir's monitoring data for Pokhara, the city's PM2.5 levels still run well above WHO guidelines on an annual basis, and historical tracking shows AQI here has been trending upward year over year , rising from an average around 53 in 2021 toward over 150 during dry-season spikes by 2026, driven by vehicle emissions, construction dust, and seasonal forest fire smoke drifting in from surrounding hills. Pokhara Metropolitian city should focus on shifting public transportation into electric vehicle, proper management of road, and making tourism carbon neutral to preserve this majestic view to attract the tourists.
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