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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Erdenet
Erdenet climate by month
Monsoon-influenced subarctic · DwcBest May–Jun · Aug
Annual mean0°day and night
Seasonal swing35°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation360 mm68 wet days a year
49.03° N, 104.08° EElevation 1,307 mUTC+8 · Ulaanbaatar Standard Time
When to goErdenet · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Aug
October: high / low6° / -5°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Erdenet has a monsoon-influenced subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 22° and nights 12°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -12° and lows of -24°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 35°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 360 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (102 mm, 15 wet days) and January the driest (3 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 23% in January to 43% in June.
Compared with Ulaanbaatar, the capital, Erdenet is 0.8° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 22° · July
- Coldest nights
- -24° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 23% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 11 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 15 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 | -12° | -8° | 0° | 8° | 16° | 20° | 22° | 20° | 14° | 6° | -4° | -10° |
| Average low | -24° | -21° | -13° | -4° | 3° | 9° | 12° | 10° | 3° | -5° | -14° | -21° |
| Precipitation | 3 mm | 3 mm | 6 mm | 13 mm | 23 mm | 69 mm | 102 mm | 83 mm | 36 mm | 12 mm | 6 mm | 4 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 13.2 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.1 |
| Cloud cover | 23% | 27% | 33% | 36% | 37% | 43% | 43% | 39% | 31% | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| Daylight | 8h 40 | 10h 09 | 11h 49 | 13h 40 | 15h 16 | 16h 11 | 15h 49 | 14h 26 | 12h 40 | 10h 53 | 9h 12 | 8h 15 |
| Month score | 57 | 56 | 52 | 46 | 68 | 66 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 50 | 51 | 55 |
ivMonth by month
Erdenet in every month
January57
-12° / -24°
3 mm · 0.3 wet days
February56
-8° / -21°
3 mm · 0.8 wet day
March52
0° / -13°
6 mm · 2.1 wet days
April46
8° / -4°
13 mm · 3.9 wet days
May68
16° / 3°
23 mm · 7.1 wet days
June66
20° / 9°
69 mm · 12.2 wet days
July62
22° / 12°
102 mm · 14.9 wet days
August65
20° / 10°
83 mm · 13.2 wet days
September65
14° / 3°
36 mm · 6.6 wet days
October50
6° / -5°
12 mm · 3.5 wet days
November51
-4° / -14°
6 mm · 2.8 wet days
December55
-10° / -21°
4 mm · 1.1 wet day