Home>>China Travel Guide>>Tibet Travel Guide>>Tibet Climate

Tibet Climate

The climate in Tibet is unique and complicated. Generally speaking, the air here is thin, lower pressure with low oxygen. The sun is strong and sunshine time is long. Temprature here varies greatly between day and night. There is great difference in the climate between the northern and southern Tibet. Influenced by the humid air current from the Indian Ocean, a number of valleys in the south of Tibet have warm climate with great rainfall. The average temperature is about 8°c. the lowest temperature drop to –16°c. the highest temperature in those months comes up to 16°c. The raining season is between May to September. In the north of Tibet, it has a typical continental climate. The average temperature drops below 0°c, the freezing season lasts half of the year. Its highest temperature in July can't rise to 10°c. More rainfall in the night during the raining season and strong wind in winter. The whole year in Tibet can be divided into two different seasons; the dry season (the dry season usually is from October to April) and the raining season from May and September.