Kargil climate

Kargil Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kargil, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from -2°C on December 1 to -7°C on December 31, and lows from -14°C to -19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 mm over about 3 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kargil, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-5°C
Average low
-17°C
Precipitation
16 mm
Reanalysis high
7°CDec 1, 2011
Reanalysis low
-33°CDec 31, 2020
Daylight
10 h 01 min to 9 h 53 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
57%
Dew point
-19°C
Wind
7.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 1-2°C-14°C7°C 2011-26°C 20196%
Dec 2-3°C-14°C3°C 2011-26°C 20198%
Dec 3-3°C-15°C6°C 2016-28°C 20199%
Dec 4-3°C-15°C6°C 2016-27°C 201910%
Dec 5-3°C-15°C4°C 2016-27°C 201912%
Dec 6-3°C-15°C4°C 2016-26°C 201913%
Dec 7-4°C-15°C5°C 2016-26°C 201913%
Dec 8-4°C-15°C3°C 2017-27°C 201913%
Dec 9-4°C-16°C4°C 2017-25°C 200614%
Dec 10-4°C-16°C2°C 2004-27°C 199415%
Dec 11-4°C-16°C1°C 2004-31°C 199415%
Dec 12-4°C-16°C0°C 1998-30°C 199415%
Dec 13-5°C-16°C1°C 1998-27°C 201516%
Dec 14-5°C-17°C3°C 1998-28°C 202016%
Dec 15-5°C-17°C2°C 2013-30°C 201916%
Dec 16-5°C-17°C2°C 2013-32°C 201915%
Dec 17-5°C-17°C2°C 2004-33°C 201913%
Dec 18-5°C-17°C2°C 2004-30°C 200312%
Dec 19-6°C-18°C3°C 1998-29°C 202011%
Dec 20-6°C-18°C0°C 2016-27°C 199410%
Dec 21-6°C-18°C3°C 2016-30°C 20199%
Dec 22-6°C-18°C2°C 2000-28°C 20199%
Dec 23-6°C-18°C1°C 2000-29°C 20199%
Dec 24-6°C-18°C-1°C 1993-28°C 20199%
Dec 25-6°C-18°C0°C 1998-33°C 20199%
Dec 26-6°C-18°C0°C 1993-32°C 20199%
Dec 27-6°C-18°C1°C 2016-31°C 201910%
Dec 28-7°C-18°C1°C 2016-28°C 201910%
Dec 29-7°C-19°C-1°C 2016-26°C 201910%
Dec 30-7°C-19°C-1°C 2016-32°C 202011%
Dec 31-7°C-19°C-1°C 1996-33°C 202012%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kargil, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).

December 1
sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 5:15 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:32 AM, sunset 5:25 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.