Leh climate

Leh Weather in December

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 -4°C on December 1 to -8°C on December 31, and lows from -16°C to -20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 12 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 Leh, 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
-6°C
Average low
-19°C
Precipitation
12 mm
Reanalysis high
5°CDec 1, 2011
Reanalysis low
-39°CDec 17, 2019
Daylight
10 h 03 min to 9 h 55 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
53%
Dew point
-21°C
Wind
9.7 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 1-4°C-16°C5°C 2011-31°C 20196%
Dec 2-4°C-16°C2°C 2011-30°C 20197%
Dec 3-4°C-16°C3°C 2016-34°C 20198%
Dec 4-4°C-17°C5°C 2016-31°C 20199%
Dec 5-5°C-17°C2°C 2016-33°C 201910%
Dec 6-5°C-17°C2°C 2016-31°C 201910%
Dec 7-5°C-17°C4°C 2016-30°C 201911%
Dec 8-5°C-17°C1°C 2016-29°C 201910%
Dec 9-5°C-18°C2°C 2017-27°C 201911%
Dec 10-5°C-18°C0°C 2017-23°C 201911%
Dec 11-6°C-18°C1°C 2004-26°C 202011%
Dec 12-6°C-18°C-1°C 2004-26°C 199411%
Dec 13-6°C-18°C-1°C 1998-34°C 201512%
Dec 14-6°C-18°C0°C 1998-34°C 201512%
Dec 15-6°C-19°C0°C 2013-39°C 201911%
Dec 16-7°C-19°C1°C 2013-39°C 201910%
Dec 17-7°C-19°C0°C 2004-39°C 20198%
Dec 18-7°C-19°C1°C 2004-34°C 20157%
Dec 19-7°C-20°C0°C 1998-34°C 20207%
Dec 20-7°C-20°C-1°C 2016-31°C 20156%
Dec 21-7°C-20°C2°C 2016-33°C 20156%
Dec 22-7°C-20°C0°C 2000-35°C 20196%
Dec 23-7°C-20°C0°C 2000-36°C 20206%
Dec 24-8°C-20°C-3°C 1992-36°C 20196%
Dec 25-8°C-20°C-2°C 1998-38°C 20197%
Dec 26-8°C-20°C-2°C 2005-39°C 20198%
Dec 27-8°C-20°C1°C 2016-37°C 20198%
Dec 28-8°C-20°C0°C 2016-32°C 20198%
Dec 29-8°C-20°C-2°C 2016-30°C 20188%
Dec 30-8°C-20°C-2°C 1996-38°C 20209%
Dec 31-8°C-20°C-2°C 1996-37°C 202010%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Leh, in percent.02.557.51012.51102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 5:10 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 5:20 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.