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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Sükhbaatar
Sükhbaatar climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean1°day and night
Seasonal swing43°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation302 mm80 wet days a year
50.23° N, 106.21° EElevation 619 mUTC+8 · Ulaanbaatar Standard Time
When to goSükhbaatar · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low8° / -3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Sükhbaatar 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 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -16° and lows of -28°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 43°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 302 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (73 mm, 16 wet days) and February the driest (3 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in October to 43% in June.
Compared with Ulaanbaatar, the capital, Sükhbaatar is 3.9° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · July
- Coldest nights
- -28° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- October · 30% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 23 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 05 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 | -16° | -9° | 2° | 11° | 19° | 25° | 27° | 24° | 17° | 8° | -4° | -13° |
| Average low | -28° | -24° | -12° | -2° | 5° | 12° | 15° | 12° | 5° | -3° | -14° | -23° |
| Precipitation | 4 mm | 3 mm | 4 mm | 11 mm | 26 mm | 53 mm | 73 mm | 73 mm | 32 mm | 11 mm | 7 mm | 5 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 9.3 | 13.2 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 9.8 | 3 | 4 | 1.7 |
| Cloud cover | 32% | 34% | 33% | 37% | 36% | 43% | 42% | 39% | 32% | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Daylight | 8h 30 | 10h 04 | 11h 48 | 13h 45 | 15h 25 | 16h 23 | 16h 00 | 14h 33 | 12h 41 | 10h 49 | 9h 04 | 8h 05 |
| Month score | 54 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 76 | 63 | 54 | 64 | 71 | 51 | 48 | 53 |
ivMonth by month
Sükhbaatar in every month
January54
-16° / -28°
4 mm · 1.3 wet day
February54
-9° / -24°
3 mm · 1.2 wet day
March51
2° / -12°
4 mm · 2.3 wet days
April48
11° / -2°
11 mm · 4.8 wet days
May76
19° / 5°
26 mm · 9.3 wet days
June63
25° / 12°
53 mm · 13.2 wet days
July54
27° / 15°
73 mm · 15.8 wet days
August64
24° / 12°
73 mm · 13.7 wet days
September71
17° / 5°
32 mm · 9.8 wet days
October51
8° / -3°
11 mm · 3 wet days
November48
-4° / -14°
7 mm · 4 wet days
December53
-13° / -23°
5 mm · 1.7 wet days