Lhasa climate

Lhasa Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Lhasa, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 15°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from -1°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 31 mm over about 6 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Lhasa, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
1°C
Precipitation
31 mm
Reanalysis high
25°CMay 21, 1998
Reanalysis low
-6°CMay 3, 2004
Daylight
13 h 18 min to 13 h 55 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
41%
Dew point
-6°C
Wind
10.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 115°C-1°C20°C 2013-4°C 201211%
May 215°C-1°C19°C 1993-5°C 201211%
May 315°C0°C20°C 1993-6°C 200411%
May 415°C0°C20°C 1994-4°C 200412%
May 515°C0°C21°C 2019-3°C 200312%
May 615°C0°C19°C 2007-5°C 200313%
May 716°C0°C18°C 2000-6°C 200313%
May 816°C0°C20°C 1996-6°C 200314%
May 916°C0°C20°C 2004-3°C 200315%
May 1016°C0°C20°C 2004-3°C 200316%
May 1116°C0°C20°C 1995-4°C 199717%
May 1216°C1°C21°C 1995-4°C 199718%
May 1316°C1°C22°C 1995-4°C 199120%
May 1416°C1°C22°C 1995-3°C 201021%
May 1517°C1°C23°C 1995-3°C 200522%
May 1617°C1°C22°C 2004-3°C 201224%
May 1717°C1°C23°C 2004-4°C 199725%
May 1817°C1°C24°C 1995-3°C 199226%
May 1917°C2°C22°C 1995-3°C 199226%
May 2017°C2°C23°C 1998-3°C 199226%
May 2118°C2°C25°C 1998-2°C 200226%
May 2218°C2°C24°C 19980°C 199727%
May 2318°C2°C24°C 20070°C 199327%
May 2418°C2°C23°C 20070°C 201228%
May 2518°C2°C22°C 19950°C 199229%
May 2618°C3°C23°C 19960°C 202029%
May 2718°C3°C23°C 1995-1°C 199229%
May 2819°C3°C24°C 1995-1°C 202029%
May 2919°C3°C24°C 2012-1°C 200930%
May 3019°C3°C24°C 19950°C 200130%
May 3119°C3°C23°C 19951°C 202029%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Lhasa, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

May 1
sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 8:32 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:56 AM, sunset 8:51 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.