Kargil climate

Kargil Weather in May

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 May 1 to 11°C on May 31, and lows from -4°C to -1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 25 mm over about 6 wet days.

May 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.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
9°C
Average low
-3°C
Precipitation
25 mm
Reanalysis high
18°CMay 11, 2000
Reanalysis low
-15°CMay 2, 2004
Daylight
13 h 34 min to 14 h 18 min
Cloud cover
78%
Humidity
56%
Dew point
-6°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
May 17°C-4°C11°C 1993-11°C 200420%
May 27°C-4°C13°C 2000-15°C 200420%
May 37°C-4°C13°C 2000-13°C 200419%
May 47°C-4°C13°C 2010-10°C 200419%
May 57°C-3°C14°C 2001-10°C 200321%
May 67°C-3°C13°C 2001-10°C 199221%
May 78°C-3°C13°C 2001-8°C 200322%
May 88°C-3°C15°C 2000-7°C 199721%
May 98°C-3°C16°C 2000-7°C 199721%
May 108°C-3°C17°C 2000-10°C 199721%
May 118°C-3°C18°C 2000-8°C 199721%
May 128°C-3°C16°C 2000-7°C 199320%
May 139°C-3°C15°C 2001-6°C 199719%
May 149°C-3°C14°C 2000-8°C 201419%
May 159°C-2°C14°C 1998-7°C 201420%
May 169°C-2°C15°C 2006-8°C 199621%
May 179°C-2°C14°C 2002-4°C 199622%
May 189°C-2°C14°C 2000-5°C 199722%
May 199°C-2°C14°C 2001-6°C 199722%
May 209°C-2°C13°C 2000-5°C 201821%
May 219°C-2°C15°C 2000-5°C 199520%
May 2210°C-2°C17°C 2000-5°C 199520%
May 2310°C-2°C16°C 1998-6°C 199520%
May 2410°C-2°C16°C 1998-8°C 199520%
May 2510°C-2°C16°C 1993-6°C 199520%
May 2610°C-2°C14°C 1998-7°C 199519%
May 2710°C-2°C15°C 1993-6°C 200520%
May 2810°C-2°C14°C 1993-5°C 200421%
May 2910°C-1°C14°C 2000-7°C 201022%
May 3010°C-1°C14°C 2012-6°C 199221%
May 3111°C-1°C16°C 2001-5°C 199219%

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).

May 1
sunrise 5:36 AM, sunset 7:10 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:14 AM, sunset 7:32 PM

Every day of May: 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.