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August is a shoulder or off month across most of Sikkim. Avoid or plan carefully for East Sikkim, North Sikkim, West Sikkim, South Sikkim, Pakyong and the Silk Route, Soreng. Weather and road status change year to year: check current status before you travel.
Gangtok 17 to 22 °C, wet with breaks
Monsoon continues, with some clear breaks. Pang Lhabsol, Sikkim's festival of Kangchenjunga, may fall late in the month, with masked dances at the Tsuklakhang. Roads remain unreliable, and mountain views are rare. A trip built around the festival and Gangtok's monasteries can still work well.
Go to: Gangtok · Enchey Monastery · Martam
East Sikkim in AugustLachung 11 to 19 °C, wet; slides common
Monsoon continues, with breaks of clear weather. Closures and permit suspensions are frequent: in 2026 the Lachen road was repaired only on 29 August. Day trips to Kabi Lungchok and Phodong remain the safest options. Pang Lhabsol falls in late August or September in Gangtok.
Go to: Kabi Lungchok · Phodong · Seven Sisters Waterfall
North Sikkim in AugustPelling 15 to 21 °C, very wet
Still monsoon, with frequent rain and cloud. Fields around Darap and Hee Bermiok are deep green, and cardamom and paddy are growing, but slides and leeches make walking hard. Hotel rates are at their lowest. We suggest waiting for October unless your dates are fixed.
Go to: Darap · Hee Bermiok · Pelling
West Sikkim in AugustNamchi 18–26 °C, Ravangla 14–20 °C, heavy rain
Still the monsoon, but culturally rich. Tendong Lho Rum Faat on 8 August sees Lepcha communities honour Tendong Hill, and in some years Pang Lhabsol, with cham at Ralang, falls in late August. Roads remain slow and slide-prone. Only come if a festival draws you, and travel with a local …
Go to: Tendong Hill · Ralang Monastery · Namchi
South Sikkim in AugustZuluk 10 to 17 °C, wet; Aritar 17 to 25 °C
Still monsoon, with heavy rain and slides on most roads. Green paddy terraces at Aritar and Lingtam are at their brightest, and waterfalls on the Rorathang–Rongli road are full. Large cardamom harvest begins in some villages towards the end of the month. The Silk Route is possible on lucky days …
Go to: Aritar · Rorathang · Lingtam
Pakyong and the Silk Route in AugustRinchenpong 18 to 25 °C; heavy rain
Still the monsoon, with rain most days and frequent cloud. Large cardamom harvest begins on the shaded slopes, and the forests are lush. Roads, including NH10, can close after slides. Drukpa Tshe-zi often falls in August. Unless you are visiting family or love rain, wait for October.
Go to: Rinchenpong · Kaluk · Mangalbarey
Soreng in AugustFestivals
Most dates follow the lunar calendar and move each year. Ask us for the date in the year you travel.
Bhutia and Lepcha, with all…
Pang Lhabsol is the festival at which Sikkim honours Kangchenjunga as its guardian deity and remembers the blood-brotherhood pact between the Lepcha …
Bhutia and Lepcha, with all…
Pang Lhabsol honours Kangchenjunga, worshipped in Sikkim as Dzö-nga, the guardian deity of the land, and recalls the blood-brotherhood oath between the …
Buddhist (Bhutia, Lepcha, S…
Drukpa Tshe-zi marks the day the Buddha gave his first sermon at Sarnath. The Soreng district administration says people from around Rinchenpong …
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August is a shoulder or off month across most of Sikkim. Avoid or plan carefully for East Sikkim, North Sikkim, West Sikkim, South Sikkim, Pakyong and the Silk Route, Soreng. Weather and road status change year to year: check current status before you travel.
East Sikkim: Gangtok 17 to 22 °C, wet with breaks. North Sikkim: Lachung 11 to 19 °C, wet; slides common. West Sikkim: Pelling 15 to 21 °C, very wet. South Sikkim: Namchi 18–26 °C, Ravangla 14–20 °C, heavy rain. Pakyong and the Silk Route: Zuluk 10 to 17 °C, wet; Aritar 17 to 25 °C. Soreng: Rinchenpong 18 to 25 °C; heavy rain.
Rates are lowest in the monsoon (June to mid-September) and in late January and February. They peak in October, around Christmas and New Year, and in May and early June when plains holidays begin. Book the peak weeks early.
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