Lhasa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · highland city · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Lhasa is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with September and June close behind. Lhasa averages about 3,630 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 33 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,630
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 457 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 478k
- Elevation
- 3,570 m
When is the best time to visit Lhasa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Lhasa is May, then September and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 1 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Lhasa?
Lhasa is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,630 hours of sunshine a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate May (94) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 75% of the year's 457 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -9° / 16°F | 1 mm | 5 |
| February | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -6° / 21°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| March | 25 | 11° / 52°F | -1° / 30°F | 4 mm | 9 |
| April | 66 | 16° / 61°F | 1° / 34°F | 9 mm | 10 |
| May | 94 | 21° / 70°F | 5° / 41°F | 33 mm | 11 |
| June | 85 | 25° / 77°F | 9° / 48°F | 80 mm | 12 |
| July | 73 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 146 mm | 12 |
| August | 78 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 119 mm | 11 |
| September | 90 | 21° / 70°F | 8° / 46°F | 52 mm | 10 |
| October | 66 | 16° / 61°F | 2° / 36°F | 9 mm | 8 |
| November | 25 | 11° / 52°F | -2° / 28°F | 1 mm | 6 |
| December | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -6° / 21°F | 1 mm | 5 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Paro Bhutan · 256 km · best in Oct · 2,071 h sun/yr
- Guwahati India · 361 km · best in Jan · 2,129 h sun/yr
- Siliguri India · 386 km · best in Jan · 2,057 h sun/yr
- Saidpur Bangladesh · 440 km · best in Jan · 2,219 h sun/yr
- Biratnagar Nepal · 476 km · best in Jan · 2,215 h sun/yr
- Sylhet Bangladesh · 491 km · best in Jan · 2,257 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Xigazê (Samzhubzê) China · 156 km · 3,557 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Shannan China · 170 km · 2,963 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Jakar Bhutan · 194 km · 1,971 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Yongphulla Bhutan · 235 km · 1,907 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Nyingchi (Mainling) China · 332 km · 2,061 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Lhasa compares month by month: Lhasa vs Guwahati · Lhasa vs Siliguri · Lhasa vs Paro · all comparisons
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