Choibalsan weather in August

In August, Choibalsan sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 53 mm of rain across 8.3 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Choibalsan's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Choibalsan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 53 mm; 8.3 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 06 min; 5:22 AM – 7:30 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 8th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Choibalsan is city in Mongolia.

Density: 160/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical August day in Choibalsan reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	22
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	15
2	26	15
3	26	15
4	26	15
5	26	15
6	26	15
7	26	15
8	26	15
9	26	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11
29	23	11
30	23	11
31	22	10

How August really feels in Choibalsan

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

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Choibalsan weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-15° / -24°	1	0.4	0.6	8.6	0.0
Feb	-9° / -20°	3	0.9	1.2	9.9	0.0
Mar	0° / -12°	5	1.7	1.8	11.6	0.0
Apr	11° / -3°	12	3.5	2.4	13.4	3.0
May	19° / 5°	25	5.2	0.6	14.9	6.6
Jun	25° / 12°	44	8.1	0	15.8	7.1
Jul	27° / 15°	64	9.9	0	15.4	6.6
Aug	25° / 13°	53	8.3	0	14.1	7.2
Sep	18° / 6°	32	6.2	0.4	12.4	6.5
Oct	9° / -3°	16	3.9	2.2	10.6	2.1
Nov	-4° / -14°	5	1.5	1.7	9	0.0
Dec	-12° / -21°	4	1	1.6	8.2	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	52	52	52	51	51	52	52	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	54	55	56	56	57	58	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	62
Cloudier (%)	48	48	48	49	49	48	48	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	46	45	44	44	43	42	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	62	38
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Choibalsan gets around 53 mm of rain over 8.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 27% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	29
8	29
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	27
13	26
14	26
15	25
16	25
17	25
18	25
19	25
20	25
21	25
22	25
23	25
24	25
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	25
29	25
30	25
31	25

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 73% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	49	50	51	53	54	56	58	59	61	63	65	67	69	71	74	76	77	80	81	82	84	85	86	87	89	90	91	92	92	93	94
Comfortable (%)	36	36	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	25	24	22	21	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	6
Humid (%)	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	49	36	14
2	50	36	14
3	51	36	13
4	53	35	12
5	54	34	12
6	56	33	11
7	58	32	10
8	59	31	10
9	61	30	9
10	63	29	8
11	65	28	7
12	67	27	6
13	69	25	6
14	71	24	5
15	74	22	4
16	76	21	3
17	77	20	3
18	80	18	2
19	81	17	2
20	82	16	2
21	84	15	1
22	85	14	1
23	86	13	1
24	87	12	1
25	89	11	0
26	90	10	0
27	91	9	0
28	92	8	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0
31	94	6	0

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
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16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
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22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 54 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 96 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:02 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 7:54 PM to 7:01 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.3	13.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:10	5:11	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:21	5:22	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:28	5:29	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:42	5:43
Sunset (PM)	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:33	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.9	5:02	7:54
2	14.8	5:03	7:53
3	14.8	5:04	7:51
4	14.7	5:06	7:50
5	14.7	5:07	7:48
6	14.6	5:08	7:47
7	14.6	5:10	7:45
8	14.5	5:11	7:43
9	14.5	5:13	7:42
10	14.4	5:14	7:40
11	14.4	5:15	7:38
12	14.3	5:17	7:37
13	14.3	5:18	7:35
14	14.2	5:19	7:33
15	14.2	5:21	7:32
16	14.1	5:22	7:30
17	14.1	5:24	7:28
18	14.0	5:25	7:26
19	14.0	5:26	7:24
20	13.9	5:28	7:22
21	13.9	5:29	7:20
22	13.8	5:31	7:19
23	13.7	5:32	7:17
24	13.7	5:33	7:15
25	13.6	5:35	7:13
26	13.6	5:36	7:11
27	13.5	5:38	7:09
28	13.5	5:39	7:07
29	13.4	5:40	7:05
30	13.3	5:42	7:03
31	13.3	5:43	7:01

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.49 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Choibalsan?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.2

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Choibalsan for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Choibalsan in August

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

In August, Choibalsan sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Choibalsan in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Choibalsan peaks around July 21 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	5	7	7	8	8	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Choibalsan?

Choibalsan sits at 48.1°N, 114.5°E, 741 m above sea level, in Mongolia. The nearest listed city is Baruun-Urt, 181 km away.

Topography around Choibalsan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Choibalsan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 750 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 540 m.

The land around Choibalsan is covered by grassland (73%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (96%) within 16 km, and grassland (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

59 m

grassland 73%

16 km

179 m

grassland 96%

80 km

540 m

grassland 99%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← July Choibalsan year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Baruun-Urt 181 km · Borzya 296 km · Öndörkhaan 302 km · Aginskoye 337 km · Krasnokamensk 340 km · Chita 448 km · Nerchinsk 459 km · Saynshand 490 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

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 Choibalsan (48.0726°, 114.5326°, elevation 741 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	15
2	26	15
3	26	15
4	26	15
5	26	15
6	26	15
7	26	15
8	26	15
9	26	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11
29	23	11
30	23	11
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	29
8	29
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	27
13	26
14	26
15	25
16	25
17	25
18	25
19	25
20	25
21	25
22	25
23	25
24	25
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	25
29	25
30	25
31	25

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	49	36	14
2	50	36	14
3	51	36	13
4	53	35	12
5	54	34	12
6	56	33	11
7	58	32	10
8	59	31	10
9	61	30	9
10	63	29	8
11	65	28	7
12	67	27	6
13	69	25	6
14	71	24	5
15	74	22	4
16	76	21	3
17	77	20	3
18	80	18	2
19	81	17	2
20	82	16	2
21	84	15	1
22	85	14	1
23	86	13	1
24	87	12	1
25	89	11	0
26	90	10	0
27	91	9	0
28	92	8	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0
31	94	6	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	15
2	26	15
3	26	15
4	26	15
5	26	15
6	26	15
7	26	15
8	26	15
9	26	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11
29	23	11
30	23	11
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	29
8	29
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	27
13	26
14	26
15	25
16	25
17	25
18	25
19	25
20	25
21	25
22	25
23	25
24	25
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	25
29	25
30	25
31	25

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	49	36	14
2	50	36	14
3	51	36	13
4	53	35	12
5	54	34	12
6	56	33	11
7	58	32	10
8	59	31	10
9	61	30	9
10	63	29	8
11	65	28	7
12	67	27	6
13	69	25	6
14	71	24	5
15	74	22	4
16	76	21	3
17	77	20	3
18	80	18	2
19	81	17	2
20	82	16	2
21	84	15	1
22	85	14	1
23	86	13	1
24	87	12	1
25	89	11	0
26	90	10	0
27	91	9	0
28	92	8	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0
31	94	6	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	15
2	26	15
3	26	15
4	26	15
5	26	15
6	26	15
7	26	15
8	26	15
9	26	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11
29	23	11
30	23	11
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	29
8	29
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	27
13	26
14	26
15	25
16	25
17	25
18	25
19	25
20	25
21	25
22	25
23	25
24	25
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	25
29	25
30	25
31	25

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	49	36	14
2	50	36	14
3	51	36	13
4	53	35	12
5	54	34	12
6	56	33	11
7	58	32	10
8	59	31	10
9	61	30	9
10	63	29	8
11	65	28	7
12	67	27	6
13	69	25	6
14	71	24	5
15	74	22	4
16	76	21	3
17	77	20	3
18	80	18	2
19	81	17	2
20	82	16	2
21	84	15	1
22	85	14	1
23	86	13	1
24	87	12	1
25	89	11	0
26	90	10	0
27	91	9	0
28	92	8	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0
31	94	6	0