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TRAVELING SEASON & TEMPERATURE IN TIBET
Winter, spring, summer & autumn are
major seasons. Winter from December to February Tibet Introduce
it self a remote isolated country. Major highway, roads,
trail cover the snow. Air China, Air China Eastern close
its flight Schedule between mainland China and Kathmandu
during winter. From end march to end of October, flight
operates from mainland China and from Kathmandu to Lhasa.
All tours in Tibet initiate from March to November. March
and November Kathmandu to Lhasa, return to Kathmandu overland
trip possible. From middle of May to the middle or end of
September. In fact for the month before the monsoon hits,
and for the month after it has officially receded, the weather
patterns are similar, so the following applies nearly the
whole time that we run trips. The monsoon washes over Tibet
sometimes bringing brief showers of rain and lots of cloud
but mostly the main Himalayan chain stops the real monsoon
from reaching Tibet. Tibet is mostly fine for the whole
year and it is very rare for it to be covered in thick cloud,
rather big, fluffy clouds often in the afternoon. Sometimes
these obscure views but often they don't, merely add to
the whole panorama. If you would like to combine Tibet Tour
and Nepal Tour at same time March April, May and October
is recommended. June, July, August & September rains
most of time in Nepal but in Tibet doesn't rain much.
Average temperature
in Major Tibet's Cities
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Month
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Lhasa
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Shigatse
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Tsedang
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Kongpo
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Max.
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Min
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Max.
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Min
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Max.
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Min
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Max.
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Min
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JAN
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6.8
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-10.2
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5.7
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-13.1
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7.9
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-9.0
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7.9
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-5.3
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FEB
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9.2
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-6.9
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8.0
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-9.5
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9.9
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-5.9
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9.8
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-2.7
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MAR
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12.0
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-3.2
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11.0
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-5.4
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12.9
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-2.4
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13.0
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-0.1
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APR
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15.7
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0.9
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15.5
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-0.7
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16.9
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1.3
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16.5
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3.2
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MAY
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19.7
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5.1
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19.5
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3.4
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20.4
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5.2
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18.8
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6.8
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JUNE
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22.5
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9.2
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22.1
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7.6
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22.9
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8.9
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20.9
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10.0
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JULY
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21.7
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9.9
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21.0
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8.7
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22.5
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10.1
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22.1
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11.2
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AUG
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20.7
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9.4
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19.6
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8.1
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21.5
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9.5
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22.1
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10.7
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SEPT
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19.6
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7.6
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18.7
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5.8
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20.5
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7.6
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20.3
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9.2
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OCT
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16.4
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1.4
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15.2
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-1.2
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17.1
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1.8
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17.2
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4.9
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NOV
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11.6
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-5.0
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10.7
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-8.0
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12.4
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-4.1
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12.9
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-0.7
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DEC
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11.6
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-9.1
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7.0
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-12.3
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8.7
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-7.9
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9.6
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-4.5
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Average
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15.3
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0.8
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14.5
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-1.4
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15.5
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1.3
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15.9
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3.6
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Main features of the Tibetan
Climate
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Thin air, atmospheric
pressure is low and oxygen content is less.
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Sunshine is strong
and long because of high altitude on Qinghai in Tibet
Plateau the air is thin, dusty, and the moisture content
is less with high transparency so the light Capability
losses very little and radiation of ray is much stronger.
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Temperature tends
to be lower and range of temperature is great between
day and night; owning to the height of Qinghai -Tibet
plateau.The atmosphere temperature is much lower than
the drainage area of the Yangtse River even at Same latitude
that is why daily range of temperature is great
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The whole year can
be divided into two distinct seasons dry and rainy under
the west wind in winter and the south west wind changing
in turn the dividing line between dry and wet seasons
in Tibet very clear.usually the dry season is from October
to april and wet from may to September.
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The complicated
types of the climate and the abrupt fall of altitude Tibet
is higher in the North west and lower in the south east;the
altitude drop from 5000meters to few hundred meters. The
climate stretch from southeast to northwest include many
changes such as tropical zone, subtropical zone, plateau,
temperate zone plateau semi temperate zone, semi -frigd
zone and plateau frigd zone.In high mountainous areas
of the south east part of Tibet and the southern slope
of Himalaya the temperature slowly drops down because
terrain rises up repeatedly, the climate has been shown
in an abrupt changes from tropical or subtropical zone
to cold temperate zone and frigid zone.
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