Kargil Weather in May
Kargil in May
The short of it: Kargil in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 23 mm (0.91 in) of rain and about 13 h 57 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 6° · rain 23 mm · daylight 13 h 57 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & June
May in Kargil brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 6°, with about 23 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 8° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 6°. Rain is modest, about 23 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 57 min in mid-May, 56 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and June.
Against its neighbours, Kargil runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Skardu, 94 km to the NNW, is 4° warmer by day.
May in Kargil, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 14 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkarduGilgit-Baltistan | 94 km NNW | 24° | 9° | 30 mm |
| PahalgamJammu and Kashmir | 96 km SW | 20° | 9° | 101 mm |
| TrālJammu and Kashmir | 116 km SW | 26° | 12° | 83 mm |
| Seer HamdanJammu and Kashmir | 118 km SW | 25° | 12° | 81 mm |
| KhreuhJammu and Kashmir | 120 km WSW | 26° | 12° | 80 mm |
| MattanJammu and Kashmir | 122 km SW | 25° | 12° | 81 mm |
| ShangusJammu and Kashmir | 123 km SW | 25° | 12° | 81 mm |
| AwantipurJammu and Kashmir | 124 km SW | 25° | 12° | 91 mm |