Climate guideThirty-year normals for Lhasa
Lhasa climate by month
Monsoon-influenced warm-summer continental · DwbBest May–Jun · Oct
Annual mean5°day and night
Seasonal swing20°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation518 mm91 wet days a year
29.65° N, 91.10° EElevation 3,651 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goLhasa · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Oct
October: high / low13° / 0°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Lhasa has a monsoon-influenced warm-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwb): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 20° and nights 7°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 2° and lows of -13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 20°.
About 518 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (140 mm, 23 wet days) and December the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 11% in December to 50% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Lhasa is 12.2° cooler on a June afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 20° · June
- Coldest nights
- -13° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 11% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 02 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 15 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 2° | 5° | 8° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 13° | 6° | 3° |
| Average low | -13° | -9° | -5° | -2° | 2° | 7° | 9° | 9° | 6° | 0° | -8° | -11° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 2 mm | 5 mm | 11 mm | 36 mm | 83 mm | 140 mm | 143 mm | 82 mm | 10 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 8.6 | 16.9 | 23.4 | 21.1 | 14.1 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Cloud cover | 15% | 20% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 28% | 50% | 49% | 30% | 13% | 13% | 11% |
| Daylight | 10h 26 | 11h 08 | 11h 57 | 12h 52 | 13h 38 | 14h 02 | 13h 53 | 13h 14 | 12h 22 | 11h 29 | 10h 41 | 10h 15 |
| Month score | 57 | 58 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 66 | 57 | 58 |
ivMonth by month
Lhasa in every month
January57
2° / -13°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
February58
5° / -9°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
March55
8° / -5°
5 mm · 1.1 wet day
April64
12° / -2°
11 mm · 2.5 wet days
May72
17° / 2°
36 mm · 8.6 wet days
June67
20° / 7°
83 mm · 16.9 wet days
July59
19° / 9°
140 mm · 23.4 wet days
August59
18° / 9°
143 mm · 21.1 wet days
September61
17° / 6°
82 mm · 14.1 wet days
October66
13° / 0°
10 mm · 2.5 wet days
November57
6° / -8°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
December58
3° / -11°
2 mm · 0.1 wet days