Lachung
Elevation 2700 m27.62° N, 88.65° E
When to go?
Mean 2 °C, 9 rain days in the month (230 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for skiingSnow on the ground: 283 cm on average in the month.
Mean 3 °C, 10 rain days in the month (243 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for skiingSnow on the ground: 378 cm on average in the month.
Mean 6 °C, 12 rain days in the month (282 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 9 °C, 13 rain days in the month (212 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 18 rain days in the month (188 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 15 °C, 24 rain days in the month (268 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 16 °C, 30 rain days in the month (416 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain almost every day
- Torrential rain14 mm per rain day
Mean 16 °C, 28 rain days in the month (373 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain13 mm per rain day
Mean 15 °C, 18 rain days in the month (217 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 11 °C, 11 rain days in the month (144 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 6 °C, 8 rain days in the month (166 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 3 °C, 8 rain days in the month (178 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for skiingSnow on the ground: 186 cm on average in the month.
The best months are March–April, October–November. Ideal for skiing: December–February (snow on the ground, at least 40 cm). Avoid June–August (often rainy, at times torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +2.6 °C (cells at 3096 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.1 °C; in the last ten years by +1.7 °C. Warmest year: 2025 (+2.6 °C), coldest: 1997 (−0.8 °C).
December and November warmed the most (+1.6 and +1.5 °C), April the least (+0.6 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 8 °C) begins 7 days earlier and ends 8 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: +1 % every ten years.
Snow, then and now
−21 %winter snow today, compared with 1961–1990