Temperature :	Maximum	Minimum
Summer	25 o C	8 o C
Winter	(-) 5 o C	(-) 20 o C

Rain-fall : 15cm, 6" (annual average)

Clothing :
Cotton & light woollens in summer and heavy woollens including down-filled wind proof upper garments in winter.

Ladakh lies on the rain shadow side of the Himalayan. Where dry monsoon winds reaches Leh after being robbed of its moisture in plains and the Himalayan mountain. The district combines the condition of both arctic and desert climate. Therefore Ladakh is often called “COLD DESERT ”

The main features of this COLD DESERT are:
Wide diurnal and seasonal fluctuations in temperature with -40°C in Winter and + 35°C in Summer

Precipitation is very low with annual precipitation of 10cm mainly inform of snow.

Air is very dry and relative humidity range from 6-24%

Due to high altitude and low humidity the radiation level is very high. The global solar radiation is as high as 6-7 Kwh/mm (which is among the highest in the World)

Dust storms are very common in the afternoon
Soil is thin , sandy and porous
The entire are is devoid of any natural vegetation
Irrigation is mainly through channels from the glacier-melted snow