Comparing test-prep institutes in Nepal turns on two facts that are rarely published: the course fee and the distance to an official test venue. Official centres are scarce — Pearson operates only eleven PTE centres nationally and the Goethe-Zentrum in Kathmandu is the only official German exam centre in the country — so location is a real constraint, not a detail.
Official venues operate in Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan, Butwal, Biratnagar, Nepalgunj and Birtamode.
Eleven Pearson centres operate nationally — five in Kathmandu, two in Pokhara, and one each in Lalitpur, Bharatpur, Tilottama and Itahari.
Testing is concentrated in Kathmandu.
Taken online, so no physical centre is required.
Most schools cluster around Bagbazar in Kathmandu.
Preparation is concentrated in Kathmandu, largely around Bagbazar.
Preparation is concentrated in Kathmandu.
Preparation clusters in Kathmandu, particularly around Bagbazar.
Goethe-Zentrum Kathmandu — the sole official centre nationally.
Testing is concentrated in Kathmandu.
Check what your destination institution accepts first, then weigh logistics. IELTS has official venues in seven Nepali cities; PTE has eleven Pearson centres across six cities; the Duolingo English Test is taken online but acceptance varies.
See the test-centre finder for every official IELTS, PTE and Goethe venue in Nepal.