Darhan weather in August

In August, Darhan sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 78 mm of rain across 10.4 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Darhan's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Darhan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
5:53 AM – 8:08 PM
Cloud cover
58%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Darhan is capital city of Darkhan-Uul Aimag, Mongolia.

Density
814/km²
people per km²
Founded
1961

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

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 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Darhan reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12615
22615
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42515
52514
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How August really feels in Darhan

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Darhan weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-15° / -26°20.50.98.40.0
Feb-9° / -22°20.71.39.80.0
Mar / -12°72.12.511.50.2
Apr12° / -2°184.23.113.43.3
May19° / 336.31.615.16.5
Jun25° / 12°518.40167.0
Jul27° / 15°6810.7015.66.4
Aug24° / 13°7810.4014.26.8
Sep18° / 397.40.712.46.1
Oct / -4°183.92.810.51.9
Nov-4° / -14°82.63.48.90.0
Dec-13° / -22°41.52.180.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34852
44852
54753
64753
74753
84753
94753
104753
114852
124852
134951
144951
154951
164951
175050
185149
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275446
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295446
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315545

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Darhan gets around 78 mm of rain over 10.4 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 33% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
138
238
338
438
538
638
737
837
937
1036
1136
1235
1335
1434
1534
1633
1733
1832
1932
2032
2131
2231
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2430
2530
2630
2729
2829
2929
3029
3128

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 77% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
156359
257349
358348
459338
560337
661327
763316
864306
966295
1067285
1170264
1271254
1374233
1476222
1577212
1679192
1781181
1882171
1983161
2084151
2185141
2286131
2387121
2489110
2590100
269190
279280
289370
299370
309460
319550

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
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269calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of August to 13 h 24 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 5:32 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 8:33 PM to 7:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.05:328:33
215.05:338:32
314.95:348:30
414.95:368:28
514.85:378:27
614.85:398:25
714.75:408:24
814.75:428:22
914.65:438:20
1014.65:448:18
1114.55:468:17
1214.55:478:15
1314.45:498:13
1414.35:508:11
1514.35:528:09
1614.25:538:08
1714.25:558:06
1814.15:568:04
1914.15:588:02
2014.05:598:00
2114.06:017:58
2213.96:027:56
2313.86:047:54
2413.86:057:52
2513.76:077:50
2613.76:087:48
2713.66:107:45
2813.56:117:43
2913.56:137:41
3013.46:147:39
3113.46:167:37

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
25.4Bright
35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.2Bright
125.2Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.1Bright
175.1Bright
185.1Bright
195.1Bright
205.1Bright
215.0Bright
225.0Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
254.9Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.8Bright
294.8Bright
304.8Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Darhan?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Darhan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Darhan in August

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

In August, Darhan sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Darhan in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Darhan peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Darhan?

Darhan sits at 49.5°N, 105.9°E, 683 m above sea level, in Mongolia. The nearest listed city is Dzüünharaa, 81 km away.

ErdenetBulganUlaanbaatarGusinoozyorskDzuunmod

Topography around Darhan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Darhan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m around an average of 702 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 620 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,156 m.

The land around Darhan is covered by grassland (70%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, grassland (87%) within 16 km, and grassland (72%) within 80 km.

3 km
129 m
16 km
620 m
80 km
1,156 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Dzüünharaa 81 km · Sühbaatar 85 km · Kyakhta 103 km · Erdenet 143 km · Bulgan 189 km · Ulaanbaatar 189 km · Gusinoozyorsk 204 km · Dzuunmod 212 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 Darhan (49.4867°, 105.9228°, elevation 683 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).