Coldest Places In India

24Sep,2024

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Titled the coldest place in India and the second coldest inhabited place in the country, Dras is located at Kargil town in Ladakh. Located at an altitude of 3280 meters above sea level is also known as the 'Gateway to Ladakh.

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Dras

The coldest place in the entire world in a non-polar region and located in the northern Karakoram range Siachen Glacier is the coldest place in India and is located at an altitude of 5,753 meters.

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Siachen Glacier

It is located at an altitude of 4170 meters and links Tawang to Tezpur and Guwahati and the temperature in winter of this region dips as low as minus 15 degree Celsius.

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Sela Pass, Tawang

The Lachen and Thangu valley are the coldest towns in North Sikkim, India located at an altitude of 2500 meters above sea level. The region can have a minus 10-degree temperature in winter.

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Lachen and Thangu Valley, North Sikkim

The famous Union territory of India Leh Ladakh falls in the northernmost part of India close to the Himalayan mountain ranges.  At an altitude of 6000 meters from the sea level, the region makes it one of the coldest places in India.

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Leh Ladakh

Placed at an altitude of 2500 meters above sea level, Munisiyari usually remains dry and cold throughout the year, while the temperature falls up to minus 10 degrees centigrade in winter.

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Munisiyari, Uttarakhand

The cold desert mountain Spiti Valley is located in Himachal Pradesh. The word  'spiti' stands for middle land and as the name suggests it is situated between India and Tibet.

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Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh