Khovd, Mongolia climate

BWk Cold desert

Khovd has a strongly seasonal subarctic climate (Cold desert, Köppen BWk). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 26°C, while the coldest is January averaging around −28°C at night. Precipitation totals about 120 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — July alone averages 51 mm while January barely receives 0 mm.

☀️ Summers

Warm

Highs near 26°C in July.

About 3 days a year above 32 °C

❄️ Winters

Bitterly cold

Lows near −28°C in January.

About 163 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Very dry

About 120 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in July

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

+0.7 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Khovd climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	−16	−10	3	13	19	25	26	24	18	10	−1	−12
Avg temp (°C)	−22	−17	−5	6	12	18	20	18	11	3	−8	−18
Avg low (°C)	−28	−24	−12	−2	5	11	13	11	4	−4	−14	−24
Precipitation (mm)	0	1	2	4	10	18	51	24	6	1	1	1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	−16	−10	3	13	19	25
Avg temp (°C)	−22	−17	−5	6	12	18
Avg low (°C)	−28	−24	−12	−2	5	11
Precipitation (mm)	0	1	2	4	10	18

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	26	24	18	10	−1	−12
Avg temp (°C)	20	18	11	3	−8	−18
Avg low (°C)	13	11	4	−4	−14	−24
Precipitation (mm)	51	24	6	1	1	1

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.7	1	3	5	3	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.6
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.9	2	0.8	0.0	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	24	23	25	16	4	—	—	—	5	20	23	23

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.7	1	3
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.9
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	24	23	25	16	4	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	5	3	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.6
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	2	0.8	0.0	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	—	—	5	20	23	23

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	47	50	54	58	60	64	65	58	51	51	52	50
Relative humidity (%)	63	58	46	40	37	39	43	44	42	45	52	59
Wind speed (m/s)	1.5	1.7	2.5	3.0	3.1	2.6	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.2	2.1	1.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	47	50	54	58	60	64
Relative humidity (%)	63	58	46	40	37	39
Wind speed (m/s)	1.5	1.7	2.5	3.0	3.1	2.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	65	58	51	51	52	50
Relative humidity (%)	43	44	42	45	52	59
Wind speed (m/s)	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.2	2.1	1.6

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Hovd, a weather station, about 6 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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