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Bulgan has a monsoon-influenced subarctic climate.
Short, cool summers and long, cold winters — here's what that means in plain terms.
What this climate feels like
The four things a regular visitor actually wants to know:
Highs near 24°C in July. About 3 days a year above 32 °C.
Lows near −27°C in January. About 178 freezing nights a year.
About 346 mm of rain a year. Wettest in July.
A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.
What "monsoon-influenced subarctic" means
Climate scientists sort every place on Earth into about 30 climate types, based on how hot, cold, wet and dry it is across the year. Bulgan's type — monsoon-influenced subarctic — sits in the broad family of four-season continental climates.
Researchers write climate types as a short letter code. Here is what each letter means:
Cities with the same climate as Bulgan
A monsoon-influenced subarctic climate (Dwc) — these recognizable cities share it. If you know one of them, you know roughly what to expect.
Bulgan sits near a climate boundary
This city sits right on the line between monsoon-influenced subarctic and the next type along. Different climate maps file it on different sides of that line; the lived weather doesn't change at the line — it's a naming boundary, not a wall.
Has Bulgan's climate type changed?
Stable — Bulgan's climate has held the same type between the 1971–2000 and 1991–2020 normals. The label is steady; the climate beneath it is still warming.
What this climate means for you
Hardiest crops only in the short summer.
Summer for outdoor; winter is extreme.
Bitter winters, brief summers, dry year-round.
Where these numbers come from
The climate type and the month-by-month figures on this page are computed from Bulgan's measured 30-year climate normals (1991–2020) — the same official records behind Bulgan's main climate page, so the two always agree.
Long-range climate maps measure things slightly differently and can place a city in a neighbouring category. Where they differ, this page uses the measured station record as the climate today.
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Bulgan, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.