Asia

Southern Asia

9 countries and territories in Southern Asia.

Photo: Dr Vikramjit Kakati · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

On the map

The countries of Southern Asia

Countries

The countries of Southern Asia

Countries of Southern Asia: capital, currency, plugs, driving side and calling code
Country	Capital	Currency	Plugs	Driving	Calling code
Afghanistan	Kabul	AFN	C F	Right	+93
Bangladesh	Dhaka	BDT	A C G K	Left	+880
Bhutan	Thimphu	BTN	C D F G	Left	+975
India	New Delhi	INR	C D	Left	+91
Iran	Tehran	IRR	C F	Right	+98
Maldives	Malé	MVR	A C G J K L	Left	+960
Nepal	Kathmandu	NPR	C D	Left	+977
Pakistan	Islamabad	PKR	C D G	Left	+92
Sri Lanka	Colombo	LKR	D G	Left	+94

When to go

The capitals' weather, month by month

Each country's capital as GeoNames records it (or its largest city where the capital has no figures), mean daily high by month.

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

Mean daily high in each capital by month, with what the month is like
Country	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
AfghanistanKabul	5°	7°	14°	20°	25°	29°	32°	30°	26°	21°	13°	8°
BangladeshDhaka	24°	29°	34°	35°	34°	31°	31°	31°	30°	30°	27°	24°
BhutanThimphu	5°	6°	9°	12°	14°	17°	17°	16°	15°	12°	9°	6°
IndiaNew Delhi	21°	26°	32°	39°	43°	42°	37°	34°	33°	32°	28°	23°
IranTehran	8°	11°	17°	22°	29°	35°	38°	36°	32°	24°	15°	10°
MaldivesMalé	28°	28°	28°	29°	29°	29°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°
NepalKathmandu	16°	20°	24°	29°	30°	29°	26°	26°	25°	23°	20°	17°
PakistanIslamabad	17°	20°	25°	32°	38°	40°	37°	34°	33°	30°	24°	19°
Sri LankaColombo	29°	30°	31°	30°	29°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°

Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).

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