Kargil climate

Kargil Weather in January

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 -7°C on January 1 to -7°C on January 31, and lows from -19°C to -20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 31 mm over about 6 wet days.

January 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

January at a glance

Average high
-8°C
Average low
-20°C
Precipitation
31 mm
Reanalysis high
2°CJan 17, 2003
Reanalysis low
-38°CJan 21, 2008
Daylight
9 h 54 min to 10 h 30 min
Cloud cover
70%
Humidity
68%
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
Jan 1-7°C-19°C0°C 2000-33°C 199513%
Jan 2-7°C-19°C1°C 1999-33°C 199514%
Jan 3-7°C-19°C0°C 2000-31°C 202014%
Jan 4-7°C-19°C0°C 2000-30°C 200413%
Jan 5-7°C-19°C0°C 2003-29°C 199513%
Jan 6-7°C-19°C-2°C 1992-29°C 199513%
Jan 7-8°C-19°C-2°C 1998-31°C 200614%
Jan 8-8°C-19°C-2°C 2002-29°C 200615%
Jan 9-8°C-19°C0°C 2002-29°C 200917%
Jan 10-8°C-19°C0°C 2015-32°C 202018%
Jan 11-8°C-19°C1°C 2015-31°C 199519%
Jan 12-8°C-20°C1°C 2002-30°C 201719%
Jan 13-8°C-20°C-2°C 2002-31°C 201719%
Jan 14-8°C-20°C-1°C 2003-31°C 201920%
Jan 15-8°C-20°C-2°C 2003-28°C 200520%
Jan 16-8°C-20°C0°C 2003-29°C 201119%
Jan 17-8°C-20°C2°C 2003-31°C 202020%
Jan 18-8°C-20°C0°C 2003-32°C 201220%
Jan 19-8°C-20°C1°C 2003-29°C 200820%
Jan 20-8°C-20°C-1°C 2003-31°C 201720%
Jan 21-8°C-21°C0°C 2018-38°C 200822%
Jan 22-8°C-21°C-1°C 2018-34°C 199522%
Jan 23-8°C-21°C-3°C 1992-33°C 202022%
Jan 24-8°C-21°C-3°C 2009-34°C 201220%
Jan 25-8°C-21°C-2°C 1994-36°C 200819%
Jan 26-8°C-21°C-1°C 1991-32°C 201917%
Jan 27-8°C-21°C0°C 1991-34°C 200817%
Jan 28-8°C-21°C-1°C 1991-33°C 201917%
Jan 29-8°C-21°C-3°C 2006-31°C 200517%
Jan 30-8°C-21°C-2°C 2000-32°C 200518%
Jan 31-7°C-20°C-2°C 2018-33°C 202019%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kargil, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 7:32 AM, sunset 5:26 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 5:54 PM

Every day of January: 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.