Leh weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇳 India · alpine / mountain town · continental climate
The best time to visit Leh is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with September and July close behind. Leh averages about 3,079 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 20 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,079
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 260 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈49 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 37k
- Elevation
- 3,265 m
When is the best time to visit Leh?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Leh is June, then September and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 23 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Leh?
Leh is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,079 hours of sunshine a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate June (94) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,654 hours. The year's 260 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -14° / 7°F | 23 mm | 3 |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -13° / 9°F | 24 mm | 4 |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -7° / 19°F | 28 mm | 6 |
| April | 23 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 23 mm | 8 |
| May | 63 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 18 mm | 9 |
| June | 94 | 21° / 70°F | 8° / 46°F | 20 mm | 9 |
| July | 92 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 31 mm | 10 |
| August | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 35 mm | 10 |
| September | 94 | 20° / 68°F | 6° / 43°F | 20 mm | 8 |
| October | 32 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 8 mm | 6 |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -6° / 21°F | 16 mm | 4 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -12° / 10°F | 14 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Srinagar India · 256 km · best in Oct · 2,619 h sun/yr
- Jammu India · 298 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
- Sialkot Pakistan · 345 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
- Amritsar India · 372 km · best in Oct · 2,795 h sun/yr
- Hotan China · 385 km · best in Oct · 3,347 h sun/yr
- Chandigarh India · 392 km · best in Nov · 3,064 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Skardu Pakistan · 227 km · 2,127 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Kangra India · 250 km · 2,556 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Kullu India · 254 km · 2,616 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Pathankot India · 276 km · 2,868 h sun/yr · best in Oct
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