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The climate of Lhasa (China)
Lhasa is the capital of Tibet. Lhasa is located in the Himalayas at an altitude of 5,000 meters. Many temples and monasteries can be found here. Lhasa is the religious centre of Tibet. Unfortunately, many temples and religious treasures have been damaged during the cultural revolution. Lhasa has a cold steppe climate. Because of the high altitude winters are extremely cold here. However, because Lhasa is situated in a valley it is protected from the worst cold and heat. Lhasa gets a large amount of sunshine; the city is also known as ‘sunny city’ by the Tibetans. The rainy season is from July till September. However, most of the rain falls during the night.

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Lhasa:

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
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= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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