Lukla
Lukla (Nepali: लुक्ला Nepali pronunciation: ) is a small town in the Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality of the Solukhumbu District in the Province No.
1">Province No. 1 of northeastern Nepal. Situated at 2,860 metres (9,383 ft) above sea level, it is a popular place for visitors to the Himalayas near Mount Everest to arrive. Although Lukla means "place with many goats and sheep", few are found in the area nowadays.
Lukla | |
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 Looking across the township of Lukla, with the air strip of Lukla Airport in the foreground | |
  Lukla Location in Nepal  Lukla Lukla (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 27°41′20″N 86°43′50″E / 27.68889°N 86.73056°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| District | Solukhumbu District |
| Rural municipality | Khumbu Pasanglhamu |
| Government | |
| • Type | Ward division |
| Elevation | 2,860 m (9,380 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Postal code | 56010 |
| Area code | 038 |
Lukla contains a small airport serving the region, and a variety of shops and lodges catering to tourists and trekkers, providing western-style meals and trail supplies. From Lukla, travellers need two days to reach the village of Namche Bazaar, an altitude-acclimatization stop for those continuing on. In August 2014, the Nepalese government announced plans to open the first tarmac road from Kathmandu to Lukla.
Airport
Lukla is served by the Tenzing-Hillary Airport. Weather permitting, twin-engine Dornier 228s and de Havilland Canada Twin Otters make frequent daylight flights between Lukla and Kathmandu. Lukla Airport has a very short and steep airstrip, often compounded by hazardous weather, resulting in several fatal accidents. It has been called the most dangerous airport in the world.
Climate
| Climate data for Lukla (Chaurikharka), elevation 2,619 m (8,593 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 13.7 (56.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.6 (67.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 14.0 (57.2) | 11.3 (52.3) | 16.0 (60.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) | −0.2 (31.6) | 3.0 (37.4) | 6.1 (43.0) | 8.3 (46.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 12.2 (54.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 10.6 (51.1) | 7.1 (44.8) | 2.3 (36.1) | −0.4 (31.3) | 5.9 (42.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.3 (0.72) | 30.3 (1.19) | 27.0 (1.06) | 60.1 (2.37) | 106.7 (4.20) | 321.5 (12.66) | 583.1 (22.96) | 570.1 (22.44) | 297.7 (11.72) | 63.6 (2.50) | 13.0 (0.51) | 14.7 (0.58) | 2,106.1 (82.91) |
| Source 1: ANU | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Agricultural Extension in South Asia (precipitation 1976–2005) | |||||||||||||
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