The altitude range causes wide variations in climate even within Ladakh, but in general summer is short and mild and winter chilling and bitter. The cold weather begins in September/October and lasts till May. The hottest and the coldest months are July and January respectively.

There is little precipitation, which gives Ladakh its characteristically barren landscape. Summer rainfall is irregular and depends on occasional incursions of the Indian monsoon over the Himalayas. Of recent years there seems to have been much more rain than usual in the summers. Most of the precipitaiton (about 2/3) is in the form of winter snow. Leh gets little snowfall, which being very dry and powdery does not usually lie for long.

Average Temperature and Rainfall

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