Bayanhongor weather in January

In January, Bayanhongor sees average daytime highs of -13°C and overnight lows near -25°C, with 1 mm of precipitation across 0.4 wet days and about 8.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 30 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bayanhongor's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bayanhongor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-25°
1st coldest
Precipitation
1 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 48 min
9:02 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover
27%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
2.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Bayanhongor is city in Bayankhongor Province, Mongolia.

Density
483/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bayanhongor reaches about -13°C in the afternoon and slips back to -25°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -19°C and -7°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 4°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Bayanhongor

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Bayanhongor weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-13° / -25°10.40.88.80.0
Feb-9° / -22°311.4100.0
Mar-1° / -14°71.82.511.60.0
Apr / -5°143.52.813.31.4
May14° / 245.22.114.74.7
Jun20° / 398.20.315.56.4
Jul21° / 10°6210.8015.26.4
Aug20° / 447.90146.7
Sep14° / 2041.112.34.8
Oct / -7°92.22.110.70.8
Nov-4° / -16°30.91.59.20.0
Dec-11° / -22°20.60.98.50.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bayanhongor gets around 1 mm of rain and snow over 0.4 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 30 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:06 AM to 8:50 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.59:065:35
28.59:065:36
38.59:065:36
48.59:065:37
58.59:065:38
68.69:065:39
78.69:065:40
88.69:055:41
98.69:055:42
108.69:055:43
118.79:055:45
128.79:045:46
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148.79:035:48
158.89:035:49
168.89:025:50
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188.99:015:53
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208.99:005:56
219.08:595:57
229.08:585:58
239.08:586:00
249.18:576:01
259.18:566:02
269.18:556:04
279.28:546:05
289.28:536:06
299.38:526:08
309.38:516:09
319.38:506:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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102.0Moderate
112.0Moderate
122.1Moderate
132.1Moderate
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162.2Moderate
172.2Moderate
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192.3Moderate
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252.5Moderate
262.5Moderate
272.5Moderate
282.6Moderate
292.6Moderate
302.6Moderate
312.7Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Bayanhongor?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bayanhongor.

What to pack for Bayanhongor in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Bayanhongor sees daytime highs around -13°C and nights near -25°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Bayanhongor in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bayanhongor peaks around July 19 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 19UV 9Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun7High
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Bayanhongor in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bayanhongor is worst in June — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.1× the cleanest month (December, 3 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1218 µg/m³Dec 184 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec3Good
Location & terrain

Where is Bayanhongor?

Bayanhongor sits at 46.2°N, 100.7°E, 1,873 m above sea level, in Mongolia. The nearest listed city is Tsetserleg, 153 km away.

TsetserlegArvayheerBogdHovdUliastayAltaiBulganMörön

Topography around Bayanhongor

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bayanhongor.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bayanhongor has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 277 m around an average of 1,905 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 742 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,165 m.

The land around Bayanhongor is covered by grassland (53%) and bare terrain (35%) within 3 km, grassland (83%) within 16 km, and grassland (76%) and bare terrain (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
277 m
16 km
742 m
80 km
2,165 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Tsetserleg 153 km · Arvayheer 158 km · Bogd 204 km · Hovd 214 km · Uliastay 341 km · Altai 343 km · Bulgan 360 km · Mörön 385 km

Mongolia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$7,108
2025
Happiness
5.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
21
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 447
Religion
Buddhist 52%no religion 41%Muslim 3%Shaman 3%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bayanhongor (46.1944°, 100.7181°, elevation 1,873 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).