Located in the southern region of the Tibetan Plateau in western China, Lhasa sits in a small basin surrounded by mountains at an altitude of 3,650 meters (11,975 feet). The city is located on the North bank of the Kyichu River (Lhasa River), which is a sub-branch of the Yarlung Tsangpu River (known in India as the Brahmaputra). Blessed with flat land and a relatively mild climate, Lhasa is free of extremes of heat and cold: average winter temperature is 0 degrees C (32 degrees F) and the summer average is 15 degrees C (59 degrees F). The city enjoys 3,000 hours of sunlight annually, giving Lhasa its title of "city of sunlight".
Annual precipitation in Lhasa is low (500 mm). The best season in the city is between June and September, when the temperature is mildest: this is the wettest part of the year, but it rains mostly at night, and is sunny in the daytime.
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