Bulgan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇳 Mongolia · alpine / mountain town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Bulgan is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with August and July close behind. Bulgan averages about 3,101 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 60 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,101
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 355 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 1,304 m
When is the best time to visit Bulgan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bulgan is June, then August and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 3 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bulgan?
Bulgan is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,101 hours of sunshine a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate June (86) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 12 destinations in Mongolia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,222 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 64% of the year's 355 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -25° / -13°F | 3 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -22° / -8°F | 4 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -13° / 9°F | 10 mm | 3 |
| April | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -4° / 25°F | 16 mm | 5 |
| May | 69 | 17° / 63°F | 1° / 34°F | 33 mm | 6 |
| June | 86 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 60 mm | 7 |
| July | 81 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 87 mm | 7 |
| August | 83 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 81 mm | 6 |
| September | 61 | 16° / 61°F | 2° / 36°F | 32 mm | 4 |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -6° / 21°F | 16 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -14° / 7°F | 8 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -22° / -8°F | 5 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ulaanbaatar (Sergelen) Mongolia · 282 km · best in Jun · 3,261 h sun/yr
- Irkutsk Russia · 385 km · best in Jun · 2,466 h sun/yr
- Ulan Ude Russia · 432 km · best in Jun · 2,485 h sun/yr
- Chita Russia · 779 km · best in Jun · 2,733 h sun/yr
- Abakan Russia · 999 km · best in Aug · 2,235 h sun/yr
- Hami China · 1,011 km · best in Apr · 3,311 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mörön Mongolia · 261 km · 3,015 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Arvaikheer Mongolia · 294 km · 3,201 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Bayankhongor Mongolia · 365 km · 3,253 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mandalgobi Mongolia · 405 km · 3,351 h sun/yr · best in May
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