Nagqu climate

Name: Nagqu
Address: Northern Tibetan Plateau (Changtang), China

China · Northern Tibetan Plateau (Changtang) · 31.477° N, 92.052° E

Köppen ETalpine tundraPolar & alpine

Above 4,500 m: no real summer, sub-freezing most of the year with frost any month.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

August, 60°F / 15°C

Coldest month

January, 4°F / -16°C

Annual swing

56°F / 31°C

Wettest month

July

Driest month

December

Rain per year

21.4" / 545 mm

Snow per year

83.4" / 2118 mm

Elevation

14780 ft / 4505 m

Time zone

Asia/Shanghai

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	27 / -3	4 / -16	0.00 / 0	1.9 / 49	30%	8.5 / 13.7	42%
February	30 / -1	8 / -13	0.00 / 0	3.2 / 80	28%	9.2 / 14.8	55%
March	38 / 3	15 / -9	0.00 / 0	6.0 / 151	33%	8.8 / 14.2	57%
April	42 / 6	20 / -7	0.01 / 0	10.9 / 277	45%	8.1 / 13.0	68%
May	49 / 9	26 / -3	0.79 / 20	23.6 / 600	60%	7.6 / 12.2	68%
June	58 / 14	36 / 2	4.41 / 112	9.1 / 231	69%	7.0 / 11.3	58%
July	59 / 15	39 / 4	6.67 / 169	3.4 / 86	72%	5.9 / 9.5	70%
August	60 / 15	40 / 5	5.70 / 145	0.7 / 18	73%	5.5 / 8.9	71%
September	55 / 13	34 / 1	3.37 / 86	8.9 / 226	73%	5.7 / 9.2	58%
October	47 / 8	24 / -4	0.50 / 13	11.2 / 284	58%	7.1 / 11.4	45%
November	38 / 3	16 / -9	0.00 / 0	2.8 / 70	36%	7.6 / 12.2	39%
December	30 / -1	6 / -14	0.00 / 0	1.8 / 45	29%	7.9 / 12.7	31%

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