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Triplandio Punakha guide covers 3 travel guides across 12 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 12 self-guided walking tours in Punakha with 45 POI, spanning 46.8 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Punakha
City & Country Data Bhutan (Punakha)
Key travel data for Punakha — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Bhutan
Tourists
29.8K/y
GDP/cap
$4.5k
Life Exp
73.3 yrs
Population
796.7K
Currency
BTN Nu
Language
Dzongkha
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Punakha
Coffee
$2.00
Beer
$1.00
Lunch
$3.00
Groceries
$20.00/w
Taxi/km
$0.50
Transit
$0.50
Fuel
$1.00/l
Internet
$20.00/m
Salary
$206/m
Best time to visit Punakha (Bhutan)
Now (September) avg: 18°C, wetter month, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Dec & Nov.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
23°C / 14°C
Sunrise / Sunset
5:51 / 17:53
Local time
4:24
Best Months 
Dec & Nov
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Spicy stew made with local chilies and cheese. Warm soup made with milk and local greens. Traditional pancakes made from buckwheat flour. Dumplings filled with vegetables and cheese. Handmade noodles made from buckwheat flour.
Traditional Local Food
Punakha (Bhutan)
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Main course
Vegetarian
Ema Datshi
ཨ་མ་དར་ཚིལ་
EH-mah DAHT-shee
· Chili cheese stew
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Soup
Vegetarian
Jaju
རྒྱ་འཇུ་
JAH-joo
· Milk and spinach soup
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Bread
Vegan
Khur-Le
གཁུར་ལེ་
KHOOR-lay
· Buckwheat pancakes
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Snack
Vegetarian
Momo
མོ་མོ་
MOH-moh
· Steamed dumplings
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Main course
Vegan
Puta
ཕུ་ཏ་
POO-tah
· Buckwheat noodles