Sampkhanda or Samphakanda is a Hill station of Western Ghats located in Sirsi Taluk of Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India.
[1] Sampakhanda experiences Tropical Highland rainforest climate with plenty of rainfall and humid feel.
In spite of average high elevation, relative humidity affects the climate because of ocean proximity.
So, day time becomes hotter and nights becomes colder than usual weather at this elevation.
The average temperature here is 21.6 °C.Highly influenced by south west monsoon, This region records as one of the wettest place in the world and holds one of the place in UNESCO hottest hot spot " Western Ghats ".