Darhan weather in May

In May, Darhan sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 6.3 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Darhan's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Darhan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 33 mm; 6.3 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 06 min; 5:19 AM – 8:26 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; 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.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Darhan reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

	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)	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23
Avg low (°C)	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

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

How May really feels in Darhan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 8 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

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

Darhan weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-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° / -26°	2	0.5	0.9	8.4	0.0
Feb	-9° / -22°	2	0.7	1.3	9.8	0.0
Mar	2° / -12°	7	2.1	2.5	11.5	0.2
Apr	12° / -2°	18	4.2	3.1	13.4	3.3
May	19° / 5°	33	6.3	1.6	15.1	6.5
Jun	25° / 12°	51	8.4	0	16	7.0
Jul	27° / 15°	68	10.7	0	15.6	6.4
Aug	24° / 13°	78	10.4	0	14.2	6.8
Sep	18° / 5°	39	7.4	0.7	12.4	6.1
Oct	8° / -4°	18	3.9	2.8	10.5	1.9
Nov	-4° / -14°	8	2.6	3.4	8.9	0.0
Dec	-13° / -22°	4	1.5	2.1	8	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

	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 (%)	43	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47
Cloudier (%)	57	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Darhan gets around 33 mm of rain and snow over 6.3 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 21% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Snow chance (%)	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1

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

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	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	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 8:04 PM to 8:45 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)	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:03
Sunset (PM)	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:09	8:10	8:12	8:13	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:19	8:20	8:22	8:23	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:43	8:44	8:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.3	5:43	8:04
2	14.4	5:41	8:06
3	14.5	5:39	8:07
4	14.5	5:38	8:09
5	14.6	5:36	8:10
6	14.6	5:34	8:12
7	14.7	5:33	8:13
8	14.7	5:31	8:15
9	14.8	5:29	8:16
10	14.8	5:28	8:17
11	14.9	5:26	8:19
12	14.9	5:25	8:20
13	15.0	5:23	8:22
14	15.0	5:22	8:23
15	15.1	5:20	8:25
16	15.1	5:19	8:26
17	15.2	5:18	8:27
18	15.2	5:16	8:29
19	15.3	5:15	8:30
20	15.3	5:14	8:31
21	15.3	5:13	8:33
22	15.4	5:11	8:34
23	15.4	5:10	8:35
24	15.5	5:09	8:37
25	15.5	5:08	8:38
26	15.5	5:07	8:39
27	15.6	5:06	8:40
28	15.6	5:05	8:41
29	15.6	5:04	8:43
30	15.7	5:03	8:44
31	15.7	5:03	8:45

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.4 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 — May's 6.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.4	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.6	Intense
25	6.6	Intense
26	6.6	Intense
27	6.6	Intense
28	6.6	Intense
29	6.6	Intense
30	6.6	Intense
31	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Darhan?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

2.9

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Darhan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Darhan in May

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

In May, Darhan sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 5°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Darhan in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	6	6	7	8	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

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.

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

grassland 70%

16 km

620 m

grassland 87%

80 km

1,156 m

grassland 72%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← April Darhan year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May 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

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).

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

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

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

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

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

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

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100