Ölgii weather in July

In July, Ölgii sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 46 mm of rain across 9.7 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 54 min at the start of July to 15 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Ölgii's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ölgii's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
10°
12th coldest
Rainfall
46 mm
9.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
5:18 AM – 8:54 PM
Cloud cover
59%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Ölgii is capital-city of the Bayan-Ölgii aimag in Mongolia.

Density
1,893/km²
people per km²
Founded
1940

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical July day in Ölgii reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

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How July really feels in Ölgii

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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

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

Ölgii weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-16° / -28°00.10.28.50.0
Feb-11° / -24°10.50.69.80.0
Mar-3° / -16°61.72.111.60.0
Apr / -5°123.62.713.41.1
May13° / 245.22.2154.3
Jun19° / 378.30.515.96.2
Jul21° / 10°469.7015.66.5
Aug19° / 337.10.114.26.6
Sep13° / 123.51.212.44.1
Oct / -8°51.81.610.50.4
Nov-7° / -18°311.38.90.0
Dec-15° / -25°10.20.48.10.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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

Any precipitation

Ölgii gets around 46 mm of rain over 9.7 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 31% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July 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 July

Winds average 8 km/h in July.

Across July, 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
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 54 min at the start of July to 15 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:06 AM to 5:36 AM, and sunset from 9:01 PM to 8:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.95:069:01
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315.95:079:01
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515.95:089:00
615.95:099:00
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815.85:108:59
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1015.85:128:58
1115.75:138:57
1215.75:148:57
1315.75:158:56
1415.75:168:55
1515.65:178:55
1615.65:188:54
1715.65:198:53
1815.55:208:52
1915.55:218:51
2015.55:228:50
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2315.45:268:47
2415.35:278:46
2515.35:288:44
2615.25:298:43
2715.25:318:42
2815.15:328:41
2915.15:338:39
3015.15:358:38
3115.05:368:37

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.43 kWh/m² to a high of 7.1 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 6.56 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Ölgii?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Ölgii for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ölgii in July

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

In July, Ölgii sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Ölgii in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ölgii peaks around July 17 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ölgii?

Ölgii sits at 49.0°N, 90.0°E, 1,715 m above sea level, in Mongolia. The nearest listed city is Khovd, 164 km away.

KhovdUlaangomAbazaGorno-AltayskKyzylMayma

Topography around Ölgii

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ölgii has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 304 m around an average of 1,734 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,132 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,848 m.

The land around Ölgii is covered by bare terrain (53%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (75%) and bare terrain (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (65%) and bare terrain (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
304 m
16 km
1,132 m
80 km
2,848 m
grasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
July weather nearby: Khovd 164 km · Ulaangom 189 km · Abaza 410 km · Zaysan 412 km · Altay 422 km · Gorno-Altaysk 439 km · Kyzyl 440 km · Mayma 443 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 Ölgii (48.9683°, 89.9625°, elevation 1,715 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).