Tibet Autonomous Region · China
Nagqu travel guide
Nagqu is a city in Tibet Autonomous Region, China, home to about 505,000 people.
- Currency
- CNYrenminbi
- Time zone
- Asia/Urumqi
- Language
- Chinese, Putonghua, Standard Chinese
About
About Nagqu
Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; Tibetan: ནག་ཆུ།, Wylie: Nag-chu, ZWPY: Nagqu; Chinese: 那曲; lit. 'black river') is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Autonomous Prefecture of Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa, Shigatse, Chamdo, Nyingchi and Shannan.
Nagqu has relatively warm, humid summers and long, bitterly cold, dry, windy winters. The differences between day and night are severe. It is not uncommon to have nights with temperatures below freezing after days with temperatures of 25 °C (77 °F) or days with temperatures above freezing in winter after night temperatures of −25 °C (−13 °F).
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Things to do
What to see and do in Nagqu
See
- Namtso Lake
- Siling Co
- Tangra Yumco
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When to go
The best time to visit Nagqu
Nagqu has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 14 °C; July is the wettest, with about 111 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Nagqu
Getting in
Nagqu is an important transit station on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, where many trains stop. There are trains from Lhasa, Beijing, Xi'an, Guangzhou and other cities in Nagchu station. There are two main roads connecting to Nagqu, one is the G109 National Highway from Beijing to Lhasa, and the other is the G317 National Highway from Chengdu to Gaer. Both are popular tourist routes in Tibet.
Getting around
Most of the attractions in Nagqu are very far away from each other, so a personal or rental car is the most convenient form of transportation.
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Questions
Nagqu: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Nagqu?
Nagqu has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 14 °C; July is the wettest, with about 111 mm of rain.
What currency is used in Nagqu?
renminbi (CNY).
Nearby
Destinations near Nagqu
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.