Kargil climate

Kargil Weather in March

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 -5°C on March 1 to 1°C on March 31, and lows from -17°C to -9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 37 mm over about 6 wet days.

March 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

March at a glance

Average high
-2°C
Average low
-14°C
Precipitation
37 mm
Reanalysis high
10°CMar 20, 2010
Reanalysis low
-31°CMar 11, 2012
Daylight
11 h 26 min to 12 h 32 min
Cloud cover
79%
Humidity
68%
Dew point
-13°C
Wind
8.3 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
Mar 1-5°C-17°C0°C 1999-27°C 199522%
Mar 2-5°C-17°C2°C 1999-25°C 201222%
Mar 3-5°C-17°C2°C 1999-28°C 199522%
Mar 4-4°C-17°C1°C 2016-30°C 199521%
Mar 5-4°C-17°C0°C 2016-28°C 199521%
Mar 6-4°C-16°C0°C 2002-26°C 201121%
Mar 7-4°C-16°C2°C 2004-27°C 200320%
Mar 8-4°C-16°C5°C 2004-30°C 200320%
Mar 9-4°C-16°C3°C 2004-28°C 201219%
Mar 10-3°C-16°C1°C 2016-26°C 201519%
Mar 11-3°C-15°C1°C 2016-31°C 201219%
Mar 12-3°C-15°C2°C 2005-23°C 200320%
Mar 13-3°C-15°C4°C 2005-25°C 201922%
Mar 14-3°C-14°C3°C 2005-26°C 200723%
Mar 15-2°C-14°C4°C 2004-25°C 201223%
Mar 16-2°C-14°C5°C 2004-26°C 200723%
Mar 17-2°C-13°C5°C 2004-21°C 199323%
Mar 18-2°C-13°C5°C 2010-25°C 200324%
Mar 19-2°C-13°C10°C 2010-21°C 201724%
Mar 20-1°C-12°C10°C 2010-21°C 199624%
Mar 21-1°C-12°C6°C 2010-19°C 200324%
Mar 22-1°C-12°C4°C 2010-21°C 201625%
Mar 23-1°C-11°C3°C 2015-21°C 201626%
Mar 240°C-11°C4°C 2015-18°C 200726%
Mar 250°C-11°C7°C 2010-17°C 200726%
Mar 260°C-11°C6°C 2018-17°C 199327%
Mar 270°C-10°C6°C 1991-22°C 199327%
Mar 280°C-10°C5°C 2000-17°C 200526%
Mar 290°C-10°C5°C 2000-19°C 199325%
Mar 301°C-10°C7°C 1991-20°C 202027%
Mar 311°C-9°C8°C 1998-23°C 199228%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kargil, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 6:21 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:14 AM, sunset 6:46 PM

Every day of March: 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.