Lhasa Gonggar Airport

ZULS · Tibet, China

Climate Lhasa Gonggar Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tribhuvan International Airport (VNKT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.0 25 28 16 9 17
February 21.8 32 20 28 10 16
March 29.2 26 33 9 49
April 24.1 20 17 21 40
May 40.1 39 41 37 54
June 44.6 61 21 54 57
July 46.2 46 49 36 43
August 50.1 40 61 45 61
September 48.8 69 41 48 43
October 44.2 45 59 46 43
November 26.0 35 33 23 27
December 20.2 29 29 25 15
Average 34.5 28.9 38.8 36.3 30.9 39.9

1st best VFR conditions of Nepal

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.1 71 64 59 49 48
February 62.0 66 63 71 59 58
March 66.4 67 64 51 80
April 73.0 66 67 68 89
May 89.3 87 91 92 97
June 96.2 99 90 97 97
July 96.1 96 98 96 94
August 96.5 94 99 95 97
September 97.6 98 99 98 96
October 94.1 98 98 97 96
November 78.0 92 85 79 80
December 65.7 77 79 67 61
Average 80.3 68.5 84.3 84.2 80.2 83.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.8 18 19 19 19 16
February 19.8 20 22 17 21 18
March 24.0 25 26 26 23
April 26.2 26 28 27 25
May 26.8 26 27 26 27
June 28.1 30 28 27 27
July 27.7 28 28 27 27
August 27.9 27 28 27 29
September 27.6 30 27 28 27
October 25.6 25 25 26 27
November 22.1 23 22 21 23
December 19.2 22 21 18 19
Average 23.7 18.6 25.2 24.8 24.3 23.9

1st highest temperature of Nepal

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 4.3 5 5 5 5 5
February 6.7 6 9 6 7 7
March 10.5 11 13 11 10
April 13.9 13 17 13 13
May 16.6 16 18 17 17
June 19.9 21 20 20 19
July 20.3 21 21 19 20
August 20.4 21 21 21 21
September 19.9 21 20 20 21
October 15.5 16 15 17 16
November 9.7 11 10 10 8
December 5.6 8 7 6 5
Average 12.7 5.5 14.2 14.6 13.8 13.4

1st lowest temperature of Nepal

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.0 0 0 3 0 10
February 2.2 1 0 6 2 3
March 2.9 3 3 2 5
April 3.2 3 2 2 4
May 7.1 6 10 16 6
June 12.0 10 14 12 23
July 25.7 32 18 26 30
August 23.7 34 14 25 17
September 16.5 15 21 16 17
October 4.8 9 10 6 1
November 0.0 0 0 1 0
December 0.9 0 0 4 0
Average 8.1 0.7 10.2 8.9 9.9 10.2

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 (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.0 4 5 4 4 4
February 4.8 5 6 5 4 4
March 5.4 5 6 6 6
April 5.2 5 6 5 5
May 4.9 5 5 5 5
June 4.6 5 4 4 4
July 4.3 4 4 4 4
August 4.3 4 4 4 5
September 4.3 5 4 4 4
October 4.2 5 4 4 4
November 3.6 4 4 3 4
December 3.5 3 3 3 4
Average 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.3

1st highest wind speed of Nepal

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 257° 276° 237° 263° 259°
February 246° 252° 242° 252° 224°
March 232° 237° 247° 232°
April 255° 261° 244° 230°
May 249° 243° 244° 253°
June 244° 244° 247° 230°
July 203° 222° 212° 218°
August 230° 231° 200° 227°
September 231° 224° 223° 252°
October 250° 237° 235° 255°
November 270° 262° 254° 262°
December 253° 253° 260° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

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