Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ulaangom
Ulaangom climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest May–Jun · Aug
Annual mean2°day and night
Seasonal swing38°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation191 mm54 wet days a year
49.98° N, 92.07° EElevation 935 mUTC+7 · Khovd Standard Time
When to goUlaangom · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Aug
October: high / low8° / -1°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ulaangom 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 25° and nights 16°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -14° and lows of -22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 38°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 191 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (50 mm, 10 wet days) and January the driest (4 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 27% in September to 39% in July.
Compared with Ulaanbaatar, the capital, Ulaangom is 2° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -22° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- September · 27% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 20 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 07 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° | -9° | -1° | 10° | 18° | 23° | 25° | 23° | 17° | 8° | -3° | -12° |
| Average low | -22° | -19° | -12° | -1° | 6° | 13° | 16° | 13° | 7° | -1° | -11° | -19° |
| Precipitation | 4 mm | 4 mm | 4 mm | 5 mm | 9 mm | 36 mm | 50 mm | 35 mm | 15 mm | 9 mm | 12 mm | 8 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2 | 2.8 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 3 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Cloud cover | 28% | 29% | 30% | 32% | 33% | 38% | 39% | 32% | 27% | 27% | 30% | 30% |
| Daylight | 8h 32 | 10h 05 | 11h 48 | 13h 44 | 15h 23 | 16h 20 | 15h 58 | 14h 31 | 12h 41 | 10h 50 | 9h 05 | 8h 07 |
| Month score | 56 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 82 | 79 | 72 | 79 | 79 | 51 | 51 | 54 |
ivMonth by month
Ulaangom in every month
January56
-14° / -22°
4 mm · 0.8 wet day
February55
-9° / -19°
4 mm · 1.3 wet day
March53
-1° / -12°
4 mm · 2 wet days
April52
10° / -1°
5 mm · 2.8 wet days
May82
18° / 6°
9 mm · 7.2 wet days
June79
23° / 13°
36 mm · 7.3 wet days
July72
25° / 16°
50 mm · 10.3 wet days
August79
23° / 13°
35 mm · 8.7 wet days
September79
17° / 7°
15 mm · 5.7 wet days
October51
8° / -1°
9 mm · 3 wet days
November51
-3° / -11°
12 mm · 3 wet days
December54
-12° / -19°
8 mm · 1.8 wet days