Leh Weather in August
Leh in August
The short of it: Leh in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 13 mm (0.51 in) of rain and about 13 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 10° · rain 13 mm · daylight 13 h 25 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Leh an average August high of 24°, a low of 10° and some 13 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 13 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 25 min in mid-August, 48 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Leh runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Pituk, 5 km to the WSW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Leh, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PitukLadakh | 5 km WSW | 25° | 11° | 11 mm |
| ChoglamsarLadakh | 6 km S | 25° | 12° | 10 mm |
| PadamLadakh | 101 km SW | 22° | 9° | 17 mm |
| ThangLadakh | 111 km NW | 19° | 7° | 10 mm |
| KargilLadakh | 141 km WNW | 27° | 15° | 8.0 mm |
| YouguGilgit-Baltistan | 173 km NW | 26° | 12° | 6.0 mm |
| KyelangHimachal Pradesh | 185 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 51 mm |
| BunjwahJammu and Kashmir | 189 km SW | 23° | 14° | 127 mm |