Autumn is the best time to Trek Everest Base Camp. The month of September, October, and November is the less chill in the Everest Base camp region. Blue sky with crystal clear mountains including Mount Everest's view can be seen in the autumn season. Due to the clear sky, the famous mountain trekking peaks of Everest can explore with the best sunrise and sunset and panoramic view. Autumn is just after raining season in Nepal so the flora and fauna of the Everest trekking path are alive with its best performance.
September is the beginning month of the autumn season in Nepal and less rainfall. Everest Base Camp trekking is better to start from mid of September. Among the three months of this season, October is the best month to choose for all regions trekking in Nepal which definitely includes Everest Base Camp. Due to the best season for trekking, the Everest region is also with a huge number of trekkers. The month of November is still a good time to trek Everest. From the end of November, the region may start to get snowfall. Peoples still trek there up to December end.
The entire Everest region is with the facilities of local tea house types of Guesthouses to accommodate. It is also possible now a day to get luxury accommodation almost every night. Use local foods prepared at the dining of local guest houses. Bottled drinks are available in their small bar. Due to the altitude region, Everest Base Camp trekking is one of the adventures with lots of care. Starting to trek from 2,860 meters (Lukla Airport) and reaching up to 5,545 meters (Kalapathar) on your day eighth of trekking may feel altitude sickness. This is the reason we prefer to stay two nights as an acclimatization day on the way before reaching Everest Base Camp and Kalapathar. Our 12 days Everest Base Camp itinerary is including two days of acclimatization on the way to Namche and Dingboche but we still will be hiking in those days and discovering the best views and exploring locals.
Why Everest Base Camp Trek is Best in Autumn?
Here is the reason Why Everest Base Camp Trek is Best in Autumn? Some of the good things we include on our list are:
- Warm weather
- Clear blue sky and crystal views of mountains
- Less rainfall
- The trekking path is without sleeper ice
- Best sunrise and best sunset view
- Other trekkers on the way to meet
15 days itinerary is the ideal plan for Everest Base camp in the autumn season. That includes your arrival day, departure, and one extra day in Kathmandu to explore heritage sites and prepare for your trip. Trekking starts after flying to Lukla from Kathmandu with a tiny airplane. Only 35 minutes early morning flight land at 2,860 meters altitude which is about 1,400 meters higher from Kathmandu. Trekking Everest base camp is not only to explore high mountains but also to get in touch with local people and feel their unique cultures. Trekking path with a different landscape, clear mountain Rivers, crossing a scary suspension bridge, visiting monasteries, listening to the experiment of your professional guide, and many more, makes this trekking is one of your life experiences.
Everest Base camp trek is always recommended to do with a professional guide and if possible with a small group. Nepal Highland treks with a team of professional people who design perfect itineraries, take care with our professional guiding team, provide the best available services, and join you in our small group trek if you required. You can totally rely on us and make your trip one of the most remarkable. We can provide you the option of an Everest trek in a luxury way and trek without flight.
Day to remember in Everest Base Camp trekking
When you hike for a total of six days (not including your acclimatization hikes), every day is to remember. View of the panoramic mountain including Mount Everest starts to view from the second day of trekking. The landscape changes every day. The Lowland region is more greenery with huge trees inside thick forests. You are going to walk beside of clean mountain River. When you hike the upper part of the region, the land becomes less vegetation and at rocky. On the second day of the trek can see a glimpse of Mount Everest just for one time. When you start to hike thirst day to the best viewpoint of Everest, this is the day you remember well. A closer view of Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Amadablam, Thamserku, and more is around you for the whole day. Another remembered day is in Tengboche. Tengboche at the top of the hill with different views of the mountains, visit big monasteries and explore evening chatting inside the monastery. Dingboche is also another place to stay with remarks. Big cultivated land with the giant Mountain View and a place to hike over the village. When you reach Everest Base Camp, it is the best day to remember. Climbing to Kalapathar 5,545 meters is another best morning to remember in your whole life. Kalapather is the place on this trip to view the closer mountain range, the best sunrise, sunset, glaciers, and blue Lakes.
How cold is Everest base camp in October?
Trekking Everest base camp, the best month of October is still cold. Below 4000-meter altitudes like Lukla, Phakding Namche, and Tengboche you can expect a minimum temperature 2-degree centigrade and a maximum temperature of up to 15 degrees. The upper section of the Everest region after Tengboche can expect minus 7 degrees and the maximum temperature plus 10 degrees. This temperature is based on good weather. The minimum temperature is at midnight. One morning when you start to climb Kalapathar, that starts at about 4 am and you will feel too much cold. During the day when you are walking does not feel that much cold.
How cold is Mount Everest Base Camp?
The minimum temperature in Everest base camp is minus 7 degrees in its best trekking season. The best season to trek EBC is in autumn and spring season. Near the Everest base camp, you will be suffering more from dry wind than cold temperatures. The dining hall in the entire guesthouse is warm enough. They make a fire inside the big dining to make enough warm but your room is without any hitting system. This is the reason you have to have warmed enough sleeping bags with inner. They also provide you with a blanket if you’re sleeping bag is not enough for you.
What is the coldest month on Mount Everest?
The coldest month in Mount Everest is the month of January and February. The winter season is months of December to February in Nepal and these two months are much colder. Peoples trek up to December to Everest Base Camp. But trekking in the month of Jan, Feb sometime is impossible due to heavy ice on the trekking trail. Trekking Everest Base Camp is cold months and has its own benefit. The daytime temperature in Everest Base Camp is around minus 12 degrees and nighttime is also not low either. The views of mountains in the winter season are great and the region is fewer trekkers.
What is the warmest month on Mount Everest?
The warmest months on Mount Everest are in months of autumn and spring. March to May month and September to November months are the warmest time in Everest and these months are the best trekking season. The month of March is more flow of people due to the climbing season of Mount Everest. The warmest temperature you will feel in Everest base camp is plus 16 degrees during the daytime and minus 7 degrees during the nighttime. Since the EBC region after Dingboche is less vegetation, sandy rocky land, and dry wind makes it hard in walking and feels colder than the real temperature.
