Samtse
Town in Bhutan
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Samtse is a town and the headquarters of the Samtse District in Bhutan. The population of the town was 5,396 as of 2017.[1] The population of the Samtse district was 60,100 at the 2005 census.[2]
Samtse is close to the Bhutan–India border. Across the border is the Indian town of Chamurchi. The nearest railway station is Banarhat railway station which lies around 18 kilometres away by road in Indian State of West Bengal.
Climate
Samtse features a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) with very heavy rainfall in summer.
| Climate data for Samtse (Sibsu), elevation 550 m (1,800 ft), (1996–2017 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
26.8 (80.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.9 (76.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
23.3 (74.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
19.7 (67.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 20.6 (0.81) |
40.4 (1.59) |
102.6 (4.04) |
333.4 (13.13) |
631.1 (24.85) |
1,069.1 (42.09) |
1,216.8 (47.91) |
1,075.2 (42.33) |
665.9 (26.22) |
213.8 (8.42) |
32.9 (1.30) |
14.3 (0.56) |
5,416.1 (213.25) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.5 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 15.1 | 21.0 | 25.7 | 28.8 | 27.7 | 22.1 | 10.3 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 170.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 57.3 | 59.6 | 59.1 | 65.2 | 72.1 | 81.9 | 85.6 | 83.0 | 80.1 | 68.5 | 60.7 | 57.0 | 69.2 |
| Source 1: National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: World Meteorological Organization (rainy days 1996–2018)[4] | |||||||||||||
