Weather in Tibet

Calculated from weather data of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (VEGT) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.2	23.3	25.6	23.8	21.6	23.6
February	26.6	25.6	28.6	23.8	25.5	26.3
March	30.4	29.8	32.3	32.2	28.3	30.6
April	31.0		35.1	29.0	30.0	31.1
May	31.2		34.1	30.6	28.8	31.0
June	32.1		32.2	30.1	30.1	32.5
July	32.8		33.2	33.5	32.2	31.6
August	33.5		32.3	33.5	32.2	34.0
September	32.8		33.7	32.6	33.0	32.6
October	31.2		30.8	29.8	32.1	32.6
November	28.6		28.8	28.5	28.1	28.8
December	25.3		25.8	26.6	25.6	23.1
Average	29.6	26.2	31.0	29.6	29.0	29.8

65th highest temperature of India

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.6	13	13	13	11	13
February	14.1	14	18	13	13	15
March	18.5	18	22	20	16	19
April	21.6		25	22	19	21
May	23.4		25	24	22	24
June	26.2		26	26	24	27
July	26.6		27	27	27	28
August	27.1		27	27	27	27
September	25.9		26	26	26	27
October	23.9		23	23	24	26
November	18.4		19	18	18	18
December	14.6		15	16	14	13
Average	20.4	14.9	22.0	21.2	20.0	21.4

27th lowest temperature of India

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	14	212	170	147	194
25 °C or warmer	46	334	305	292	298
20 °C or warmer	87	365	351	356	362
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.9	0	0	2	0	4
February	1.3	3	1	2	0	1
March	3.0	6	5	1	1	2
April	4.7		2	6	1	3
May	9.5		4	13	8	12
June	15.4		23	22	9	15
July	13.9		13	7	10	20
August	8.7		15	2	10	10
September	9.6		8	6	3	11
October	7.2		8	9	5	5
November	0.7		2	0	0	0
December	1.0		3	0	1	0
Average	6.1	2.8	7.4	6.2	4.1	7.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.4	4	2	3	2	6
February	5.1	3	3	4	3	7
March	6.8	8	4	4	4	9
April	7.1		4	5	4	9
May	7.3		8	4	4	9
June	6.3		8	3	4	7
July	6.2		8	4	3	5
August	6.6		8	4	3	8
September	6.3		8	4	4	7
October	6.3		8	4	3	7
November	5.8		7	3	3	8
December	4.8		6	2	3	3
Average	6.0	5.1	6.2	3.7	3.3	6.9

77th highest wind speed of India

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NW	N	N	N	N
February	NW	N	N	N	N
March	NW	N	N	N	NW
April		N	NE	N	N
May		N	N	N	N
June		N	NW	N	NW
July		NW	NW	N	W
August		N	NW	NW	NW
September		NW	N	N	NW
October		NW	N	N	N
November		N	NE	NE	N
December		N	NE	NE	N

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Tibet weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Tibet?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 34 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Tibet?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 24 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Tibet?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in June with a probability of around 15.5 %.

Which month is the driest in Tibet?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in November. The probability is about 0.7 %.