What is Tibet's Climate?

Answer 1

Tibet has a vast land. Its climate zone can be divided into the tropical, the subtropical, the temperate and the frigid. Climates are much different in different areas in Tibet and temperatures vary greatly within a single day. Climate in southeastern Tibet is gentle and temperate with the average temperature of eight degrees; in western Tibet, the average temperature is below zero degree; While in Lhasa and the central part of Tibet, the climate is normal and nice for traveling. Visitors will not feel cold in winter not hot in summer, especially from March to October, the best seasons for traveling. Most annual rainfall comes in the rainy season that starts from May to September, when the precipitation covers 90 percent of the whole year. Usually it rains at night in Lhasa, Shigatse (Xigaze) and Chamdo area. The precipitations gradually decrease from 5000 millimeters in the lower part of southeast to just 50 in the northwest. Spring and winter are the 'dry season' or 'wind season' which starts from the last third of October and ends in the next April. During this time, hardly rain comes to this highland. Winter is snowy, dry and cold, starts from November to January. Compare with most parts of China, air in Tibet is thin. Per cubic meter air only has 150-170g oxygen, just occupies 62% or 65.4 of that in the lower altitudes; oxygen content is about 70% (in one cubic meter air), while summer is about 80%.