Mandalgobi weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇳 Mongolia · small town · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Mandalgobi is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with June and July close behind. Mandalgobi averages about 3,351 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 10 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,351
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 129 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈25 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 1,383 m
When is the best time to visit Mandalgobi?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Mandalgobi is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Mandalgobi?
Mandalgobi is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,351 hours of sunshine a year. 97 Sunshine Score points separate May (97) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. Mandalgobi is the sunniest of the 12 destinations tracked in Mongolia. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 67% of the year's 129 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -22° / -8°F | 2 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -20° / -4°F | 2 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -10° / 14°F | 3 mm | 4 |
| April | 33 | 12° / 54°F | -3° / 27°F | 7 mm | 5 |
| May | 97 | 20° / 68°F | 4° / 39°F | 10 mm | 7 |
| June | 95 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 21 mm | 7 |
| July | 93 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 35 mm | 7 |
| August | 93 | 26° / 79°F | 12° / 54°F | 31 mm | 7 |
| September | 89 | 19° / 66°F | 4° / 39°F | 10 mm | 5 |
| October | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -4° / 25°F | 4 mm | 3 |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -12° / 10°F | 2 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -20° / -4°F | 2 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ulaanbaatar (Sergelen) Mongolia · 216 km · best in Jun · 3,261 h sun/yr
- Baotou China · 650 km · best in May · 3,170 h sun/yr
- Wuhai China · 662 km · best in May · 3,229 h sun/yr
- Ulan Ude Russia · 680 km · best in Jun · 2,485 h sun/yr
- Hohhot China · 705 km · best in May · 3,039 h sun/yr
- Irkutsk Russia · 739 km · best in Jun · 2,466 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Arvaikheer Mongolia · 274 km · 3,201 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Dalanzadgad Mongolia · 280 km · 3,243 h sun/yr · best in May
- Bulgan Mongolia · 405 km · 3,101 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Bayankhongor Mongolia · 433 km · 3,253 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Erenhot China · 528 km · 3,359 h sun/yr · best in May
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