Uliastai weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇳 Mongolia · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Uliastai is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with August and July close behind. Uliastai averages about 3,273 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 38 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,273
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 92/100
- Rain / year
- 207 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈60 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 16k
- Elevation
- 1,748 m
When is the best time to visit Uliastai?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Uliastai is June, then August and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 4 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Uliastai?
Uliastai is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,273 hours of sunshine a year. 92 Sunshine Score points separate June (92) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 12 destinations in Mongolia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,222 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 61% of the year's 207 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -23° / -9°F | 4 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -21° / -6°F | 5 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -12° / 10°F | 6 mm | 4 |
| April | 16 | 10° / 50°F | -3° / 27°F | 10 mm | 5 |
| May | 72 | 17° / 63°F | 2° / 36°F | 16 mm | 7 |
| June | 92 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 38 mm | 7 |
| July | 90 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 47 mm | 7 |
| August | 91 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 42 mm | 7 |
| September | 64 | 16° / 61°F | 2° / 36°F | 17 mm | 5 |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -5° / 23°F | 9 mm | 3 |
| November | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -13° / 9°F | 7 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -20° / -4°F | 6 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Hami China · 586 km · best in Apr · 3,311 h sun/yr
- Altay China · 631 km · best in May · 3,054 h sun/yr
- Qitai China · 668 km · best in Apr · 2,927 h sun/yr
- Irkutsk Russia · 756 km · best in Jun · 2,466 h sun/yr
- Abakan Russia · 762 km · best in Aug · 2,235 h sun/yr
- Ulaanbaatar (Sergelen) Mongolia · 770 km · best in Jun · 3,261 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Altai Mongolia · 150 km · 3,327 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mörön Mongolia · 341 km · 3,015 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Bayankhongor Mongolia · 361 km · 3,253 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Khovd Mongolia · 367 km · 3,096 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Ulaangom Mongolia · 426 km · 2,535 h sun/yr · best in May
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