Lhasa
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City Name:Lhasa (Chinese: 拉萨, Pinyin: lasha)
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Population :373,000
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Area :53 square km (20.5 square mile)
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Overview:Lhasa is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, located at the foot of Mount Gephel.
Lhasa has a highland climate, the sunlight in Lhasa is so intense that the city is called Sunlight City. The thin air can neither block off nor retain heat so that the temperature extremes can be met in daytime and the same night respectively in Lhasa.
Winter of Lhasa
Few people visit Lhasa in winter, if you heck the weather record in January and February, you will find out winter of Lhasa is not so cold.
Highly recommend you to visit Lhasa in winter. The snow-capped mountains are more beautiful, less people in most of the attractions...
Lhasa climate
With its flat land and mild weather, Lhasa is free of both frigid winters and unbearably hot summers, having an annual average daily temperature of 8 degrees C (43 degrees F).
Lhasa enjoys 3,000 hours of sunlight annually, so much more than most other cities in Tibet, it is sometimes called the "sunlit city."
Lhasa has an annual precipitation of 500 mm. It rains mainly in July, August and September. The rainy seasons in the summer and fall are widely regarded the "best" seasons of the year, when it rains mostly at night, and is sunny in the daytime.
Lhasa weather record
| Month |
Avg. High |
Avg. Low |
Avg. Precip |
|---|---|---|---|
January |
7.0° C |
-10.0° C |
0.00 cm |
February |
9.0° C |
-7.0° C |
0.00 cm |
March |
12.0° C |
-3.0° C |
0.25 cm |
April |
16.0° C |
1.0° C |
0.51 cm |
May |
19.0° C |
5.0° C |
2.79 cm |
June |
23.0° C |
9.0° C |
7.37 cm |
July |
22.0° C |
10.0° C |
11.94 cm |
August |
21.0° C |
9.0° C |
12.19 cm |
September |
20.0° C |
8.0° C |
5.84 cm |
October |
16.0° C |
1.0° C |
1.02 cm |
November |
11.0° C |
-5.0° C |
0.25 cm |
December |
8.0° C |
-9.0° C |
0.00 cm |
Lhasa weather forecast
