Climate guideThirty-year normals for Uliastai
Uliastai climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean-2°day and night
Seasonal swing34°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation223 mm69 wet days a year
47.74° N, 96.84° EElevation 1,755 mUTC+7 · Khovd Standard Time
When to goUliastai · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low5° / -7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Uliastai 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 21° and nights 9°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -12° and lows of -27°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 34°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 223 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (59 mm, 13 wet days) and January the driest (3 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 21% in October to 33% in June.
Compared with Ulaanbaatar, the capital, Uliastai is 2.1° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 21° · July
- Coldest nights
- -27° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- October · 21% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 59 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 26 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° | -2° | 6° | 14° | 19° | 21° | 19° | 13° | 5° | -5° | -11° |
| Average low | -27° | -24° | -18° | -7° | 0° | 6° | 9° | 7° | 1° | -7° | -18° | -23° |
| Precipitation | 3 mm | 3 mm | 5 mm | 8 mm | 18 mm | 35 mm | 59 mm | 50 mm | 23 mm | 9 mm | 6 mm | 4 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 13.2 | 11.5 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Cloud cover | 23% | 25% | 26% | 29% | 30% | 33% | 33% | 29% | 22% | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| Daylight | 8h 50 | 10h 14 | 11h 50 | 13h 36 | 15h 07 | 15h 59 | 15h 38 | 14h 20 | 12h 38 | 10h 56 | 9h 20 | 8h 26 |
| Month score | 54 | 54 | 54 | 48 | 63 | 76 | 68 | 73 | 57 | 46 | 50 | 54 |
ivMonth by month
Uliastai in every month
January54
-12° / -27°
3 mm · 1.5 wet days
February54
-8° / -24°
3 mm · 1.7 wet days
March54
-2° / -18°
5 mm · 1.8 wet days
April48
6° / -7°
8 mm · 4.3 wet days
May63
14° / 0°
18 mm · 6.5 wet days
June76
19° / 6°
35 mm · 9.8 wet days
July68
21° / 9°
59 mm · 13.2 wet days
August73
19° / 7°
50 mm · 11.5 wet days
September57
13° / 1°
23 mm · 8.2 wet days
October46
5° / -7°
9 mm · 5.3 wet days
November50
-5° / -18°
6 mm · 3.5 wet days
December54
-11° / -23°
4 mm · 1.5 wet days