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Lake Rakshastal
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LakeDarchen, Tibet

Lake Rakshastal

Lake4,575 m elevationBest Feb · Nov–Dec
Elevation4,575 mabove sea level
Area250 km²surface
Nearest townDarchen28 km
30.68° N, 81.23° EElevation 4,575 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goDarchen · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec49October
Best timeFeb · Nov–Dec
October: high / low2° / -9°
Lake

Lake Rakshastal in brief

Lake Rakshastal is a lake in Darchen, Tibet, China.

It lies at 4,575 m above sea level and covers about 250 km².

The nearest town in the atlas is Darchen, 28 km to the N, where the weather is best in February, November and December.

Darchen: weather and travel guide

Weather nearby now

Forecast for Darchen
-6°
Clear now
Wind4 km/h
Humidity42%
Cloud cover0%
Today
22 Oct
2°
-9°
Fri
23 Oct
1°
-8°
Sat
24 Oct
0°
-9°
Sun
25 Oct
0°
-10°
Mon
26 Oct
1°
-13°

Model run 00:00 UTCRefreshed several times a day

When to go

The best months around Lake Rakshastal

Climate of Darchen

Month score in Darchen

Comfort, dry days and sunshine · out of 100
50
Jan
51
Feb
47
Mar
46
Apr
31
May
42
Jun
35
Jul
29
Aug
37
Sep
49
Oct
58
Nov
54
Dec
Map

Lake Rakshastal from above

Nature nearbyAll of China
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SutlejRiver18 kmNSutlej
Around here

Darchen and around

Darchen
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Darchen

Tibet · China
Feb · Nov–Decbest months
13°July high
4,602 maltitude
Darchen

Nature

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
10 km W

Lhowanggar Co

Lake
Lhowanggar Co
Sutlej
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13 km SW

Sutlej

River
Sutlej

Mountains

Mount Kailash
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15 km N

Mount Kailash

6,638 m · Gangdise Shan
Mount Kailash