Tibet features plateau climate with thin air, fewer oxygen and lower air pressure, and that is why tourists usually feel high altitude sickness when you arrive in Tibet. In consideration of these factors, Tibet temperature changes little in a year. According to Tibet travel service, the average temperature in Northern Tibet is about -2?, in Southern Tibet is about 8 ?, in southeastern Tibet is about 10 ?.
Tourists are interested in Tibet, but you should make sure if you are suitable to visit Tibet or not. If tourists get severe Acute Mountain Sickness, one of High Altitude Sickness, you will be in danger. The common typical signs and symptoms of acute Mountain Sickness are bad headache, very exhausted at every moment, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, abnormal pant/breath and heartbeat, loss of appetite, and insomnia.
Thin air, low air pressure, few oxygen and few moisture content make Tibet clean air, and transparent atmosphere, both of which is typical features of Tibet.
Somewhere under 0?, the air density is about 1292g/m3, the standard air pressure is about 1013.2 millibar, but in Lhasa Tibet, the air density is about 810g/m3, the average air pressure is about 652 millibar in a year. In plain, there is about 250-260g oxygen in the air/m3, but in Tibet plateau there is only 150-170g in the air/m3.
Lhasa Tibet climate features always make tourists feel uncomfortable with lung, which easily occurs acute mountain sickness. Therefore in Tibet, the oxygen is usually offered in hotels, hospitals, hostels, Tibet travel agencies and Tibet trains. After break, tourists who get slight acute mountain sickness could be recovered soon.
With Tibet climate feature, Lhasa Tibet's temperature doesn't changes much in a year, but it does changes a lot in day and night. The temperature in similar latitude, Lhasa and Shigatse is about 10-15? different from Chongqing and Shanghai. For example, in June, Lhasa and Shigatse is about 27-29 ? in the noon, but in night the weather is cool, even in midnight, the temperature decreases to 0-5?.
There is a little form of average temperature in a year in Tibet as below.
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Jan.
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Feb.
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Mar.
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Apr.
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May
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Jun.
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Jul.
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Aug.
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Sept.
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Oct.
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Nov.
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Dec.
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Maximum(?)
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12.2
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15.5
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18.3
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21.6
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25.0
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27.8
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27.2
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25.5
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23.9
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21.6
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16.6
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13.9
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Minimum(?)
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-14.4
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-11.6
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-8.3
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-4.4
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-0.5
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4.4
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6.1
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5.5
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3.9
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-5.0
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-9.4
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-13.3
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