Leh climate

Leh Weather in January

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 -8°C on January 1 to -9°C on January 31, and lows from -20°C to -22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 19 mm over about 3 wet days.

January 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

January at a glance

Average high
-9°C
Average low
-21°C
Precipitation
19 mm
Reanalysis high
1°CJan 17, 2003
Reanalysis low
-39°CJan 23, 2020
Daylight
9 h 56 min to 10 h 31 min
Cloud cover
74%
Humidity
62%
Dew point
-22°C
Wind
10.1 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 1-8°C-20°C-2°C 1997-33°C 199512%
Jan 2-9°C-20°C0°C 1999-36°C 202012%
Jan 3-9°C-20°C-2°C 1997-35°C 202012%
Jan 4-9°C-20°C-3°C 2000-30°C 201912%
Jan 5-9°C-20°C-2°C 2003-32°C 199511%
Jan 6-9°C-21°C-3°C 1992-31°C 201812%
Jan 7-9°C-21°C-4°C 2010-31°C 201912%
Jan 8-9°C-21°C-5°C 2002-28°C 199514%
Jan 9-9°C-21°C-2°C 2002-33°C 202015%
Jan 10-9°C-21°C-2°C 2015-38°C 202016%
Jan 11-9°C-21°C0°C 2015-36°C 199516%
Jan 12-9°C-21°C0°C 2002-36°C 199516%
Jan 13-9°C-21°C-3°C 2002-38°C 201716%
Jan 14-9°C-21°C-4°C 2003-35°C 201916%
Jan 15-9°C-21°C-4°C 2003-31°C 201916%
Jan 16-9°C-21°C-2°C 2003-29°C 201616%
Jan 17-9°C-22°C1°C 2003-33°C 201716%
Jan 18-9°C-22°C0°C 2003-33°C 201216%
Jan 19-10°C-22°C0°C 2003-33°C 202016%
Jan 20-10°C-22°C-2°C 2003-38°C 201716%
Jan 21-10°C-22°C-3°C 2003-37°C 201216%
Jan 22-10°C-22°C-3°C 2018-34°C 199516%
Jan 23-10°C-22°C-5°C 1992-39°C 202015%
Jan 24-10°C-22°C-4°C 2009-35°C 201215%
Jan 25-10°C-22°C-3°C 1994-34°C 200814%
Jan 26-10°C-22°C-2°C 1991-31°C 200613%
Jan 27-9°C-22°C-1°C 1991-39°C 201913%
Jan 28-9°C-22°C-3°C 1991-36°C 201913%
Jan 29-9°C-22°C-4°C 2001-35°C 201913%
Jan 30-9°C-22°C-4°C 2000-36°C 202013%
Jan 31-9°C-22°C-3°C 2018-39°C 202014%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Leh, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 5:21 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 5:49 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.