Lhoka climate

Name: Lhoka
Address: CN

Lhoka is warmest in June, with average highs of 20 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -7.9 °C. July is the wettest month (139 mm) and December the driest (3.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lhoka averages 599 mm of rain, 2 days above 25 °C and 161 days below freezing.

China · population 353,700 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month June 20 °C
Coldest month January -7.9 °C
Driest month December 4 mm
Wettest month July 139 mm
Least cloud December 26 % cloud
Hottest on record July 29 °C
Coldest on record February -22 °C

What to expectLhoka through the year

Lhoka has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.7 °C in January to 20 °C in June, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 2 days a year reach 25 °C, 161 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 29 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 139 mm against 4 mm in December — 40 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.7 °C	4 mm	29 %
February	6.5 °C	5 mm	33 %
March	9.3 °C	17 mm	46 %
April	12.7 °C	36 mm	54 %
May	16.9 °C	56 mm	54 %
June	20.1 °C	95 mm	65 %
July	19.8 °C	139 mm	83 %
August	19.2 °C	126 mm	82 %
September	17.9 °C	79 mm	65 %
October	13.7 °C	30 mm	39 %
November	7.9 °C	10 mm	32 %
December	6.0 °C	4 mm	26 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	4.7 °C	-7.9 °C	-1.6 °C	16.3 °C	-18.4 °C	0	30
February	6.5 °C	-5.9 °C	0.2 °C	16.2 °C	-21.7 °C	0	27
March	9.3 °C	-3.2 °C	3.1 °C	19.7 °C	-16.7 °C	0	27
April	12.7 °C	-0.2 °C	6.5 °C	21.9 °C	-13.2 °C	0	15
May	16.9 °C	4.6 °C	10.8 °C	24.8 °C	-6.5 °C	0	1
June	20.1 °C	9.5 °C	14.4 °C	28.6 °C	1.1 °C	1	0
July	19.8 °C	10.9 °C	14.9 °C	28.7 °C	6.1 °C	0	0
August	19.2 °C	10.4 °C	14.4 °C	27.3 °C	3.7 °C	0	0
September	17.9 °C	8.5 °C	12.8 °C	26.2 °C	0.9 °C	0	0
October	13.7 °C	2.4 °C	8.0 °C	23.5 °C	-14.5 °C	0	7
November	7.9 °C	-3.8 °C	1.9 °C	18.2 °C	-17.3 °C	0	24
December	6.0 °C	-6.0 °C	-0.1 °C	15.7 °C	-18.2 °C	0	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	10 h/day	29 %	40 %	11 km/h
February	5 mm	1	11 h/day	33 %	39 %	13 km/h
March	17 mm	5	12 h/day	46 %	45 %	12 km/h
April	36 mm	10	13 h/day	54 %	51 %	11 km/h
May	56 mm	13	14 h/day	54 %	55 %	9.7 km/h
June	95 mm	18	14 h/day	65 %	64 %	9.0 km/h
July	139 mm	23	14 h/day	83 %	72 %	7.4 km/h
August	126 mm	23	13 h/day	82 %	73 %	6.8 km/h
September	79 mm	17	12 h/day	65 %	69 %	6.8 km/h
October	30 mm	6	11 h/day	39 %	57 %	9.0 km/h
November	10 mm	2	11 h/day	32 %	53 %	8.2 km/h
December	4 mm	1	10 h/day	26 %	44 %	9.3 km/h

How Lhoka compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Lhoka	20 °C	-7.9 °C	599 mm	2
Chéngguān Qū · China	21 °C	-11 °C	766 mm	2
Nyingchi · China	19 °C	-12 °C	1,688 mm	0
Thimphu · Bhutan	21 °C	-0.6 °C	2,585 mm	0
Guwahati · India	31 °C	12 °C	2,890 mm	295
Jaigaon · India	29 °C	12 °C	3,435 mm	250

Where Lhoka ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in August	3rdof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Asia in July	6thof 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Asia in June	12thof 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Asia in September	13thof 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Asia in May	15thof 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Asia in April	45thof 50	13 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Lhoka’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lhoka?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Lhoka get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 20 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 29 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -7.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 161 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Lhoka?

July, averaging 139 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is December with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 599 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Lhoka rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.