Climate guideThirty-year normals for Khovd
Khovd climate by month
Cold desert · BWkBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean2°day and night
Seasonal swing33°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation145 mm38 wet days a year
48.01° N, 91.64° EElevation 1,395 mUTC+7 · Khovd Standard Time
When to goKhovd · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low8° / -4°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Khovd has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24° and nights 12°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -9° and lows of -21°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 33°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 145 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (39 mm, 9 wet days) and January the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 21% in January to 35% in June.
Compared with Ulaanbaatar, the capital, Khovd is 0.9° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- -21° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 21% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 01 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 24 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 | -9° | -5° | 2° | 11° | 17° | 22° | 24° | 22° | 17° | 8° | -1° | -8° |
| Average low | -21° | -19° | -12° | -4° | 2° | 9° | 12° | 9° | 3° | -4° | -13° | -19° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 2 mm | 3 mm | 6 mm | 11 mm | 32 mm | 39 mm | 28 mm | 12 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| Cloud cover | 21% | 22% | 25% | 28% | 31% | 35% | 33% | 28% | 23% | 23% | 21% | 22% |
| Daylight | 8h 48 | 10h 13 | 11h 50 | 13h 37 | 15h 09 | 16h 01 | 15h 41 | 14h 21 | 12h 38 | 10h 55 | 9h 18 | 8h 24 |
| Month score | 57 | 57 | 55 | 58 | 85 | 86 | 77 | 79 | 84 | 54 | 57 | 55 |
ivMonth by month
Khovd in every month
January57
-9° / -21°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
February57
-5° / -19°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
March55
2° / -12°
3 mm · 1.2 wet day
April58
11° / -4°
6 mm · 1.2 wet day
May85
17° / 2°
11 mm · 4.8 wet days
June86
22° / 9°
32 mm · 5.2 wet days
July77
24° / 12°
39 mm · 9.3 wet days
August79
22° / 9°
28 mm · 8.8 wet days
September84
17° / 3°
12 mm · 3.8 wet days
October54
8° / -4°
6 mm · 1.5 wet days
November57
-1° / -13°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
December55
-8° / -19°
2 mm · 1.2 wet day