🇧🇹 Thimphu, Bhutan
Thimphu is the capital of Bhutan. Real-Earth coordinates 27.473°, 89.639°, population 98,676. The busiest sky in the country — monuments to circle, other pilots in the air and the city's own tower frequency on the radio. Skydex flies the real Earth here — the elevation, coastline and city layout under the aircraft come from the same data the map does, and the sky is shared with everyone else flying it.
Activity in Thimphu
Flying conditions in Thimphu
Sunrise 06:18 · Sunset 17:11 · 10 h 53 m of daylight (local time)
Verdict weighs gusts, precipitation and cold — the things that actually decide whether a drone or a bird has a good time up there. Sunrise and sunset are computed from the city's coordinates, not forecast. Forecast issued 2026-11-11 03:03 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in Thimphu through the year
November in Thimphu averages 10.4°C with winds around 9 km/h, and roughly 42% of days are good for flying — about 20 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: December, January, November; June is the most restricted at 3% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | 9 km/h | 12 | 74% |
| February | 7.2°C | 8 km/h | 24 | 25% |
| March | 10.2°C | 9 km/h | 25 | 26% |
| April | 12.6°C | 8 km/h | 27 | 22% |
| May | 14.5°C | 7 km/h | 30 | 8% |
| June | 17.3°C | 8 km/h | 30 | 3% |
| July | 18.7°C | 8 km/h | 30 | 10% |
| August | 18°C | 8 km/h | 30 | 10% |
| September | 17.3°C | 7 km/h | 29 | 12% |
| October | 13.9°C | 7 km/h | 26 | 32% |
| November | 10.4°C | 9 km/h | 20 | 42% |
| December | 7.6°C | 10 km/h | 10 | 77% |
Based on ERA5 reanalysis. “Good to fly” counts days without strong wind, real rain or hard frost — the conditions that actually ground a drone.
Recent activity in Thimphu
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What you can do here
- Fly Thimphu in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 27.473°, 89.639° — keyboard and mouse, a gamepad, or a real RC transmitter over USB.
- Check the weather first: live wind, gusts and cloud over the city, plus the month-by-month flyable-days table above.
- Watch real traffic — aircraft overhead and ships on the water come from live ADS-B and AIS feeds, not from a script.
- Meet other pilots in the same sky: city chat room, radio, and the walkie-talkie frequency for Thimphu.