Shigatse Temperature by Month
Shigatse, Tibet, China has an average annual maximum temperature of 14°C (57°F), ranging from 5°C (41°F) in January to 21°C (70°F) in June. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.
Shigatse Monthly Temperatures
The weather in Shigatse experiences significant differences between warm and cold seasons, with big shifts in temperature. At night, minimum temperatures range from 8°C (46°F) in June to -10°C (14°F) in January.
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Shigatse by month:
Low temperatures are most often recorded between 4 AM and 6 AM, while highs typically occur around 3 PM.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
Temperature: Shigatse vs China
The map below shows the annual temperature across China. You can also select individual months if you want to compare a specific time of year.
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Shigatse vs World: Temperature Compared
Shigatse's average annual maximum temperature is 14°C (57°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:
Seville, Spain averages 23°C (73°F) a year — one of the warmer cities in Western Europe, with long hot summers.
Glasgow, Scotland averages 13°C (55°F) a year — mild but often grey, with cold winters and rarely hot summers.
Seoul, South Korea averages 18°C (64°F) a year, with four clear seasons, cold winters, and hot humid summers.
Melbourne, Australia averages 20°C (68°F) annually — known for unpredictable weather, with four seasons sometimes happening in one day.
Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.
The readings come from a range of sources — land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.
For cities and regions with significant elevation, altitude is one of the biggest factors shaping local temperatures. As a rule of thumb, temperatures fall by around 6°C for every 1,000 metres gained — so a city at 2,000 metres will typically be around 12°C cooler than a city at sea level in the same region. Higher ground also tends to see more dramatic day-to-night temperature swings, since thinner air loses heat faster after sunset.
For more on Shigatse's weather — including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity — visit our Shigatse climate page.
