Best: Jun-Jul · Great: Sep · Jul for Naadam Festival
The year swings from a cold January to a hot, humid July, with rainfall concentrated around August — usually the least comfortable stretch of the year. In June, expect highs around 22°C with rain on roughly 10 days of the month.
Naadam Festival (July) — The country's biggest festival, with wrestling, archery, and horse racing, held nationwide in mid-July.
Naadam Festival, with wrestling, archery, and horse racing, takes place in mid-July across the country.
Try khorkhog, meat slow-cooked with hot stones, a traditional Mongolian preparation.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect cold days around -15°/-25°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect cold days around -10°/-20°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect cold days around 0°/-12°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 9°/-3°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 16°/4°C, with occasional rain (~6 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 22°/10°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 24°/14°C, with frequent rain (~12 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 22°/12°C, with frequent rain (~14 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 16°/6°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 7°/-2°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect cold days around -5°/-13°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect cold days around -13°/-21°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).