The annual rainfall is about 4 inches. Arctic cold but no snow, extreme temperatures where the nights are freezing cold and the day are equally hot is some of the characteristic features of the Climate in Leh Ladakh. Winters are extremely cold and summers leave you sweating in Ladakh.Due to the fact that it is situated on the Greater Himalayas, the Indian monsoon winds are deterred from reaching the place. Moreover it is surrounded by some highest peaks in the world.No one knows the varied climate in Leh Ladakh better than the mountaineers and the locals. Where else in the world you get frost bitten due to the extreme climatic coldness and sun burn the same day? An average summer temperature ranges from -3 degree C to 30 degree C while winter temperature ranges from – 20 degree C to 15 degree C. Snow is an inevitable part of the climate in Leh Ladakh. Approximately it starts snowing from the end of September and goes on till end of June. During this time Leh Ladakh is completely cut off from the rest of the civilization.