Ulaangom weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇳 Mongolia · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Ulaangom is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with June and August close behind. Ulaangom averages about 2,535 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 19 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,535
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 231 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈36 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 30k
- Elevation
- 918 m
When is the best time to visit Ulaangom?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ulaangom is May, then June and August. 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 Ulaangom?
Ulaangom gets a lot of sun: around 2,535 hours a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate May (90) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #12 of 12 destinations in Mongolia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,222 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 61% of the year's 231 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -19° / -2°F | 3 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -17° / 1°F | 4 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -8° / 18°F | 7 mm | 3 |
| April | 38 | 13° / 55°F | 1° / 34°F | 13 mm | 4 |
| May | 90 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 19 mm | 5 |
| June | 87 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 38 mm | 6 |
| July | 83 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 61 mm | 6 |
| August | 86 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 43 mm | 5 |
| September | 75 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 19 mm | 4 |
| October | 15 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 11 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -9° / 16°F | 8 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -16° / 3°F | 5 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Altay China · 382 km · best in May · 3,054 h sun/yr
- Abakan Russia · 410 km · best in Aug · 2,235 h sun/yr
- Novokuznetsk Russia · 542 km · best in Aug · 2,094 h sun/yr
- Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) Kazakhstan · 674 km · best in Aug · 2,437 h sun/yr
- Krasnoyarsk Russia · 680 km · best in Aug · 1,955 h sun/yr
- Qitai China · 680 km · best in Apr · 2,927 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ölgii Mongolia · 188 km · 2,956 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Khovd Mongolia · 236 km · 3,096 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Kyzyl Russia · 248 km · 2,663 h sun/yr · best in May
- Fuyun China · 404 km · 2,940 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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