Hovd weather in April

In April, Hovd sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 8 mm of precipitation across 2.6 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Hovd's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hovd's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 8 mm; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 6:33 AM – 7:48 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 8th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

← March Hovd year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical April day in Hovd reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 9°C warmer than March and about 7°C cooler than May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	-3
2	10	-2
3	10	-2
4	10	-2
5	10	-2
6	11	-1
7	11	-1
8	11	-1
9	11	-1
10	12	0
11	12	0
12	12	0
13	12	0
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	13	1
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	15	2
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	15	3
25	16	3
26	16	4
27	16	4
28	17	4
29	17	4
30	17	5

How April really feels in Hovd

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 25 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 April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Hovd weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-9° / -19°	1	0.3	0.7	9	0.0
Feb	-4° / -15°	1	0.6	0.8	10.1	0.0
Mar	4° / -8°	6	1.6	1.7	11.6	0.5
Apr	13° / 1°	8	2.6	1.6	13.2	4.5
May	20° / 8°	15	3.5	0.8	14.6	7.4
Jun	25° / 14°	22	4.4	0	15.3	7.7
Jul	28° / 17°	30	5.4	0	15	7.2
Aug	26° / 15°	23	4.9	0	13.9	7.7
Sep	20° / 8°	14	2.6	0.3	12.3	7.6
Oct	11° / -0°	7	1.8	1.4	10.7	3.5
Nov	1° / -10°	3	0.9	1	9.4	0.0
Dec	-7° / -16°	2	0.7	1	8.7	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to cloud over 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
Clearer (%)	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	67	67	65	64	64	63	63	63	62	61	61	60
Cloudier (%)	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	33	33	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	39	39	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	60	40

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Hovd gets around 8 mm of rain and snow over 2.6 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 9% and peaks near 10% 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
Rain chance (%)	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Snow chance (%)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April 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
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

	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

Wind in April

Winds average 15 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	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

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 13 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 7:29 PM to 8:06 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
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:10
Sunset (PM)	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	7:01	7:29
2	12.5	6:59	7:30
3	12.6	6:57	7:32
4	12.6	6:55	7:33
5	12.7	6:54	7:34
6	12.7	6:52	7:35
7	12.8	6:50	7:37
8	12.8	6:48	7:38
9	12.9	6:46	7:39
10	12.9	6:44	7:40
11	13.0	6:42	7:42
12	13.0	6:41	7:43
13	13.1	6:39	7:44
14	13.1	6:37	7:45
15	13.2	6:35	7:47
16	13.2	6:33	7:48
17	13.3	6:32	7:49
18	13.3	6:30	7:51
19	13.4	6:28	7:52
20	13.4	6:26	7:53
21	13.5	6:25	7:54
22	13.5	6:23	7:56
23	13.6	6:21	7:57
24	13.6	6:20	7:58
25	13.7	6:18	7:59
26	13.7	6:16	8:01
27	13.8	6:15	8:02
28	13.8	6:13	8:03
29	13.9	6:11	8:04
30	13.9	6:10	8:06

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.89 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.94 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Hovd

In seasonPeak

In April, Hovd sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Hovd sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Hovd?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Hovd for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hovd in April

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

In April, Hovd sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Hovd in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April 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 Hovd 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 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	6	8	8	9	8	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Hovd in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Hovd is worst in May — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	27	53	68	70	54	47	45	44	48	43	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	53	Poor
Apr	68	Unhealthy
May	70	Unhealthy
Jun	54	Poor
Jul	47	Poor
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	44	Poor
Oct	48	Poor
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Hovd?

Hovd sits at 44.7°N, 102.4°E, 0 m above sea level, in Mongolia. The nearest listed city is Bogd, 16 km away.

Topography around Hovd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hovd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 1,460 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 962 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,606 m.

The land around Hovd is covered by bare terrain (83%) within 3 km, bare terrain (87%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (94%) within 80 km.

3 km

166 m

bare terrain 83%

16 km

962 m

bare terrain 87%

80 km

2,606 m

bare terrain 94%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandbare terrain

← March Hovd year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Bogd 16 km · Arvayheer 180 km · Dalandzadgad 203 km · Bayanhongor 214 km · Tsetserleg 320 km · Bulgan 469 km · Dzuunmod 488 km · Zuunmod 488 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 Hovd (44.6667°, 102.3833°, elevation 0 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	-3
2	10	-2
3	10	-2
4	10	-2
5	10	-2
6	11	-1
7	11	-1
8	11	-1
9	11	-1
10	12	0
11	12	0
12	12	0
13	12	0
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	13	1
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	15	2
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	15	3
25	16	3
26	16	4
27	16	4
28	17	4
29	17	4
30	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	60	40

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

	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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	-3
2	10	-2
3	10	-2
4	10	-2
5	10	-2
6	11	-1
7	11	-1
8	11	-1
9	11	-1
10	12	0
11	12	0
12	12	0
13	12	0
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	13	1
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	15	2
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	15	3
25	16	3
26	16	4
27	16	4
28	17	4
29	17	4
30	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	60	40

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

	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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	-3
2	10	-2
3	10	-2
4	10	-2
5	10	-2
6	11	-1
7	11	-1
8	11	-1
9	11	-1
10	12	0
11	12	0
12	12	0
13	12	0
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	13	1
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	15	2
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	15	3
25	16	3
26	16	4
27	16	4
28	17	4
29	17	4
30	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	60	40

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

	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