Leh climate

Leh Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 19°C on August 1 to 16°C on August 31, and lows from 4°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 34 mm over about 9 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Leh, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
18°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
34 mm
Reanalysis high
24°CAug 13, 2001
Reanalysis low
-3°CAug 11, 1991
Daylight
13 h 50 min to 12 h 55 min
Cloud cover
70%
Humidity
48%
Dew point
-2°C
Wind
9.4 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
Aug 119°C4°C24°C 20120°C 200134%
Aug 219°C4°C23°C 20121°C 199734%
Aug 319°C4°C23°C 1994-1°C 200035%
Aug 419°C4°C22°C 1994-1°C 199735%
Aug 519°C4°C23°C 2018-1°C 199734%
Aug 619°C4°C23°C 20110°C 199735%
Aug 719°C4°C23°C 19942°C 200536%
Aug 819°C4°C21°C 19972°C 200336%
Aug 918°C4°C22°C 19970°C 199237%
Aug 1018°C3°C23°C 1997-1°C 199136%
Aug 1118°C3°C24°C 2007-3°C 199135%
Aug 1218°C3°C22°C 2009-1°C 199135%
Aug 1318°C3°C24°C 2001-1°C 199333%
Aug 1418°C3°C22°C 2009-2°C 199731%
Aug 1518°C3°C23°C 2005-2°C 199930%
Aug 1618°C3°C21°C 1992-1°C 199730%
Aug 1718°C3°C20°C 2020-1°C 201429%
Aug 1818°C3°C21°C 1997-1°C 201430%
Aug 1917°C2°C23°C 2012-2°C 201929%
Aug 2017°C2°C21°C 2012-2°C 200929%
Aug 2117°C2°C21°C 1997-2°C 201928%
Aug 2217°C2°C21°C 1997-1°C 201927%
Aug 2317°C2°C21°C 2011-1°C 199325%
Aug 2417°C2°C21°C 2011-1°C 200924%
Aug 2517°C2°C20°C 2011-2°C 199624%
Aug 2617°C2°C19°C 2000-2°C 200524%
Aug 2716°C1°C20°C 2000-2°C 199123%
Aug 2816°C1°C20°C 2000-2°C 200525%
Aug 2916°C1°C20°C 2009-3°C 200525%
Aug 3016°C1°C20°C 1992-3°C 200524%
Aug 3116°C1°C20°C 1992-3°C 199524%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Leh, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 5:31 AM, sunset 7:21 PM
August 31
sunrise 5:52 AM, sunset 6:47 PM

Every day of August: 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.