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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Undurkhaan
Undurkhaan climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean1°day and night
Seasonal swing40°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation240 mm53 wet days a year
47.32° N, 110.66° EElevation 1,030 mUTC+8 · Ulaanbaatar Standard Time
When to goUndurkhaan · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low8° / -4°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Undurkhaan 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 26° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -13° and lows of -27°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 40°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 240 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (66 mm, 12 wet days) and January the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 20% in January to 37% in June.
Compared with Ulaanbaatar, the capital, Undurkhaan is 2.9° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · July
- Coldest nights
- -27° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 20% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 55 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 30 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 | -13° | -7° | 0° | 10° | 18° | 24° | 26° | 24° | 17° | 8° | -4° | -11° |
| Average low | -27° | -24° | -14° | -3° | 4° | 11° | 14° | 12° | 4° | -4° | -15° | -23° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 3 mm | 4 mm | 8 mm | 17 mm | 39 mm | 66 mm | 63 mm | 23 mm | 8 mm | 4 mm | 3 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 8.9 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| Cloud cover | 20% | 24% | 28% | 31% | 34% | 37% | 36% | 33% | 25% | 22% | 21% | 22% |
| Daylight | 8h 53 | 10h 16 | 11h 50 | 13h 35 | 15h 04 | 15h 55 | 15h 35 | 14h 18 | 12h 38 | 10h 57 | 9h 22 | 8h 30 |
| Month score | 57 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 86 | 75 | 66 | 78 | 83 | 52 | 54 | 55 |
ivMonth by month
Undurkhaan in every month
January57
-13° / -27°
2 mm · 0.6 wet day
February55
-7° / -24°
3 mm · 1.1 wet day
March54
0° / -14°
4 mm · 1.6 wet days
April53
10° / -3°
8 mm · 2.3 wet days
May86
18° / 4°
17 mm · 5.4 wet days
June75
24° / 11°
39 mm · 9.4 wet days
July66
26° / 14°
66 mm · 11.8 wet days
August78
24° / 12°
63 mm · 8.9 wet days
September83
17° / 4°
23 mm · 5.8 wet days
October52
8° / -4°
8 mm · 2.5 wet days
November54
-4° / -15°
4 mm · 1.9 wet days
December55
-11° / -23°
3 mm · 1.4 wet day