Nyingchi climate

Name: Nyingchi
Address: CN

Nyingchi is warmest in August, with average highs of 19 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -12 °C. July is the wettest month (240 mm) and December the driest (46 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nyingchi averages 1,688 mm of rain and 147 days below freezing.

China · population 200,000 · 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 August 19 °C
Coldest month January -12 °C
Driest month December 46 mm
Wettest month July 240 mm
Least cloud December 59 % cloud
Hottest on record August 25 °C
Coldest on record January -25 °C

What to expectNyingchi through the year

Nyingchi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.6 °C in January to 19 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 147 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 25 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 240 mm against 46 mm in December — 5.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-0.6 °C	53 mm	62 %
February	1.7 °C	77 mm	66 %
March	5.1 °C	123 mm	70 %
April	8.6 °C	110 mm	73 %
May	12.9 °C	160 mm	80 %
June	18.0 °C	234 mm	88 %
July	19.3 °C	240 mm	90 %
August	19.4 °C	202 mm	89 %
September	17.5 °C	190 mm	86 %
October	12.0 °C	178 mm	78 %
November	5.1 °C	75 mm	63 %
December	0.9 °C	46 mm	59 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days below 0 °C
January	-0.6 °C	-11.9 °C	-5.6 °C	7.2 °C	-25.1 °C	31
February	1.7 °C	-7.5 °C	-2.4 °C	8.4 °C	-21.6 °C	28
March	5.1 °C	-2.8 °C	1.4 °C	11.9 °C	-18.7 °C	23
April	8.6 °C	1.7 °C	5.4 °C	14.5 °C	-8.3 °C	7
May	12.9 °C	5.5 °C	9.2 °C	20.3 °C	-3.4 °C	1
June	18.0 °C	11.0 °C	14.2 °C	23.6 °C	2.1 °C	0
July	19.3 °C	12.7 °C	15.6 °C	24.0 °C	7.7 °C	0
August	19.4 °C	12.4 °C	15.5 °C	24.9 °C	5.9 °C	0
September	17.5 °C	10.6 °C	13.6 °C	23.1 °C	1.9 °C	0
October	12.0 °C	4.2 °C	8.1 °C	20.6 °C	-15.5 °C	5
November	5.1 °C	-5.8 °C	0.3 °C	15.4 °C	-21.9 °C	23
December	0.9 °C	-11.2 °C	-4.6 °C	10.2 °C	-24.3 °C	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	53 mm	12	10 h/day	62 %	69 %	6.7 km/h
February	77 mm	15	11 h/day	66 %	73 %	6.2 km/h
March	123 mm	20	12 h/day	70 %	77 %	5.7 km/h
April	110 mm	19	13 h/day	73 %	80 %	5.5 km/h
May	160 mm	23	14 h/day	80 %	82 %	6.3 km/h
June	234 mm	27	14 h/day	88 %	83 %	7.9 km/h
July	240 mm	28	14 h/day	90 %	83 %	8.2 km/h
August	202 mm	26	13 h/day	89 %	82 %	8.1 km/h
September	190 mm	26	12 h/day	86 %	82 %	8.0 km/h
October	178 mm	24	11 h/day	78 %	82 %	7.0 km/h
November	75 mm	13	11 h/day	63 %	75 %	6.5 km/h
December	46 mm	9	10 h/day	59 %	70 %	6.8 km/h

Where Nyingchi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in May	3rdof 50	13 °C
The coolest places in Asia in July	4thof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Asia in August	5thof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Asia in April	6thof 50	8.6 °C
The coolest places in Asia in June	6thof 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Asia in September	8thof 50	18 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Nyingchi.

QuestionsCommon questions about Nyingchi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nyingchi?

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, August is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Nyingchi get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 19 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 25 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -12 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 147 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Nyingchi?

July, averaging 240 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is December with 46 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,688 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 Nyingchi 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.