Climate in Mongolia

Mongolia has an extreme continental climate with long, freezing winters and short summers, when most precipitation falls. The country receives an average of 257 cloudless days a year.

Rainfall is highest in the north, which averages between 20 and 35 centimetres per year, and lowest in the south, which receives 10 to 20 centimetres. Parts of the Gobi region in the far south rarely receive any precipitation at all. Eastern Mongolia's climate and landscape have more in common with northeastern China than Central Asia, as winds are less violet and temperatures are less severe than in the west.

The high season runs from June to August, and conditions are mostly warm and dry. Winds, dust storms and frigid temperatures characterise the low seasons (October to April), while weather in the shoulder seasons (May and September) can be changeable.