Tibet Altitude - Things to Know Before You Go to Tibet

Places

Latitude
(North)

Altitude
(m)

Yearly Temperature

January
Temperature

February
Temperature

Lhasa

29.42

3658 m
12001 ft

7.5 'C
45.5 'F

-2.2 'C
28.04 'F

15.1 'C
59.18 'F

Nagqu

31.29

4513 m
14787 ft

-1.9 'C
28.58 'F

-13.9 'C
7 'F

8.9 'C
48.02 'F

Qamdo

31.11

3205 m
10515 ft

7.6 'C
45.68 'F

-2.5 'C
27.5 'F

16.3 'C
61.34 'F

Damshung

30.29

4200 m
13780 ft

1.3 'C
34.34 'F

-9.9 'C
14.18 'F

10.8 'C
51.44 'F

Pome

29.52

2750 m
9022 ft

8.5 'C
47.3 'F

-0.2 'C
31.64 'F

16.5 'C
61.7 'F

Amdo

32.21

4800 m
15748 ft

-3.0 'C
26.6 'F

-15 'C
5 'F

7.9 'C
46.22 'F

Nyingchi

39.33

3000 m
9843 ft

8.6 'C
47.48 'F

-0.2 'C
31.64 'F

15.6 'C
60.08 'F

Tsedang

29.15

3500 m
11483 ft

8.3 'C
46.94 'F

-0.7 'C
30.74 'F

15.5 'C
59.9 'F

Xigatse

29.13

3836 m
12585 ft

6.3 'C
43.34 'F

-3.8 'C
25.16 'F

14.2 'C
57.56 'F

Gyangtse

28.55

4040 m
13255 ft

4.7 'C
40.46 'F

-5.1 'C
22.82 'F

12.8 'C
55.04 'F

Tingri

28.38

4300 m
14108 ft

0.7 'C
33.26 'F

-11.3 'C
11.66 'F

10.9 'C
51.62 'F

Zayui

28.39

2325 m
7628 ft

-11.8 'C
10.76 'F

-4.0 'C
24.8 'F

18.6 'C
65.48 'F

Month

Format

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Average

'C
'F

0.3
32.5

1.6
34.89

5.5
41.9

9.1
48.4

13
55.4

17
62.6

16.4
61.5

15.6
60.1

14.3
57.7

9.2
48.6

3.9
39

0
32

Maximum

'C
'F

12.2
54

15.5
59.9

18.3
64.9

21.6
70.9

25
77

27.8
82

27.2
81

25.5
77.9

23.9
75

21.6
70.9

16.6
61.9

13.9
57

Miximum

'C
'F

-14.4
6

-11.6
11.1

-8.3
17.1

-4.4
24.1

-0.5
31.1

4.4
39.9

6.1
43

5.5
41.9

3.9
39

-5.0
23

-9.4
15.1

-13.3
8.06