Open Knowledge Nepal — climate portal
The Hindu Kush Himalaya
warms three times faster
than the world average.
Nepal’s climate data lives in silos — scattered across government reports, research institutions, and locked APIs. This portal aggregates open datasets, curated journals, and stakeholder resources so researchers, journalists, and policymakers can find and act on the evidence.
Open data sources
Where climate data comes from
Authoritative global portals publishing the underlying evidence. Several provide Nepal-specific data or South Asia regional coverage — cross-referenced with datasets hosted here.
Historical climatology, CMIP6 projections, and 70+ risk indices. Dedicated Nepal country pages — the strongest single source for Nepal-specific climate variables.
Annual tree cover loss and gain at 30 m resolution, near-real-time deforestation alerts, and forest carbon stock data. Nepal dashboard with downloadable data.
Asset-level and country-level GHG emissions across 74+ subsectors — energy, agriculture, transport, waste. Nepal country package downloadable; public API v4.
ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis from 1940 to present at 9–31 km resolution. Validated against Nepal's Himalayan precipitation patterns. Python API for bulk downloads.
CO₂ and GHG emissions, energy mix, and per-capita figures for Nepal. All charts downloadable via GitHub under CC-BY — one of the most accessible entry points.
Historical weather station records — temperature, precipitation, degree days. Nepal stations queryable via the global GHCN network. REST API with free token.
CMIP6 model outputs, climate scenarios, and socioeconomic data linked to all IPCC Assessment Reports. CORDEX South Asia domain covers Nepal at high resolution.
Global surface temperature anomalies (land + ocean) from 1880 to present at 2°×2° grid resolution. Open downloads in NetCDF, CSV, and Zarr format.
Open datasets
Climate datasets for Nepal
Curated and contributed datasets hosted on GitHub — freely downloadable and open for reuse.
Data loads live from okfnepal/climatedata. Adding a GitHub token in .env.local raises the API rate limit from 60 to 5,000 requests/hour.
Research library
Climate journals and reports
Curated academic papers, government assessments, and technical reports on Nepal’s climate future — organised by theme.
Help build Nepal’s most complete open climate record
This is a collaborative, open-source project. Contribute datasets, research papers, design, or code — every addition makes the evidence more complete and more accessible.