Climate guideThirty-year normals for Darkhan
Darkhan climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean2°day and night
Seasonal swing41°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation296 mm67 wet days a year
49.49° N, 105.92° EElevation 683 mUTC+8 · Ulaanbaatar Standard Time
When to goDarkhan · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low9° / -3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Darkhan has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 27° and nights 16°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -14° and lows of -27°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 41°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 296 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (74 mm, 13 wet days) and January the driest (4 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 26% in January to 42% in June.
Compared with Ulaanbaatar, the capital, Darkhan is 3.9° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · July
- Coldest nights
- -27° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 26% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 15 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 11 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -14° | -8° | 2° | 11° | 20° | 25° | 27° | 24° | 18° | 9° | -3° | -11° |
| Average low | -27° | -23° | -12° | -2° | 5° | 13° | 16° | 13° | 6° | -3° | -13° | -22° |
| Precipitation | 4 mm | 3 mm | 4 mm | 9 mm | 21 mm | 56 mm | 74 mm | 70 mm | 33 mm | 11 mm | 6 mm | 5 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.7 | 1 | 2.5 | 4 | 7.5 | 10.2 | 13.1 | 12.1 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.7 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 28% | 32% | 36% | 36% | 42% | 41% | 38% | 31% | 28% | 27% | 28% |
| Daylight | 8h 36 | 10h 07 | 11h 49 | 13h 42 | 15h 19 | 16h 15 | 15h 53 | 14h 29 | 12h 40 | 10h 51 | 9h 09 | 8h 11 |
| Month score | 56 | 56 | 51 | 52 | 80 | 71 | 57 | 68 | 80 | 50 | 51 | 54 |
ivMonth by month
Darkhan in every month
January56
-14° / -27°
4 mm · 0.7 wet day
February56
-8° / -23°
3 mm · 1 wet day
March51
2° / -12°
4 mm · 2.5 wet days
April52
11° / -2°
9 mm · 4 wet days
May80
20° / 5°
21 mm · 7.5 wet days
June71
25° / 13°
56 mm · 10.2 wet days
July57
27° / 16°
74 mm · 13.1 wet days
August68
24° / 13°
70 mm · 12.1 wet days
September80
18° / 6°
33 mm · 7.6 wet days
October50
9° / -3°
11 mm · 3.3 wet days
November51
-3° / -13°
6 mm · 2.9 wet days
December54
-11° / -22°
5 mm · 1.7 wet days