Leh Weather in May
Leh in May
The short of it: Leh in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 8.0 mm (0.31 in) of rain and about 13 h 56 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 17° · low 4° · rain 8.0 mm · daylight 13 h 56 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Leh an average May high of 17°, a low of 4° and some 8.0 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 17°, with nights near 4°. Rain is scarce, about 8.0 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 56 min in mid-May, 56 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Leh runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Pituk, 5 km to the WSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Leh, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PitukLadakh | 5 km WSW | 19° | 5° | 8.0 mm |
| ChoglamsarLadakh | 6 km S | 20° | 5° | 9.0 mm |
| PadamLadakh | 101 km SW | 15° | 2° | 23 mm |
| ThangLadakh | 111 km NW | 11° | -1° | 7.0 mm |
| KargilLadakh | 141 km WNW | 20° | 6° | 23 mm |
| YouguGilgit-Baltistan | 173 km NW | 19° | 6° | 16 mm |
| KyelangHimachal Pradesh | 185 km SSW | 15° | 4° | 57 mm |
| BunjwahJammu and Kashmir | 189 km SW | 23° | 11° | 69 mm |