Sühbaatar weather in August

In August, Sühbaatar sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 70 mm of rain across 9.9 wet days and about 14.3 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 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Sühbaatar's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sühbaatar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
5:50 AM – 8:08 PM
Cloud cover
59%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Sühbaatar is city in Mongolia, administrative center of Selenge Province.

Density
505/km²
people per km²
Founded
1940

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 Sühbaatar reaches about 24°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 18°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C cooler than July and about 7°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12615
22615
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52614
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72514
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How August really feels in Sühbaatar

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.

Sühbaatar 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-17° / -27°20.41.18.30.0
Feb-9° / -23°20.71.29.70.0
Mar / -12°51.92.311.50.2
Apr12° / -2°163.92.613.53.4
May19° / 316.31.215.26.6
Jun26° / 12°468.8016.16.8
Jul27° / 15°649.9015.76.4
Aug24° / 13°709.9014.36.8
Sep18° / 377.60.412.45.9
Oct / -4°143.92.310.51.7
Nov-5° / -14°62.12.98.80.0
Dec-14° / -23°41.72.27.90.0

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 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24654
34654
44753
54753
64654
74753
84654
94654
104753
114654
124852
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sühbaatar gets around 70 mm of rain over 9.9 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 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
135
235
336
436
536
635
735
835
935
1034
1134
1233
1332
1432
1531
1631
1731
1831
1930
2030
2130
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2329
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3028
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 72% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15235121
25235121
35335111
45435101
55534101
6563491
7573391
8603280
9623170
10633070
11652960
12672850
13682750
14702640
15722530
16732430
17752320
18762220
19772120
20792010
21801910
22811810
23821710
24831610
25841510
26851410
27871300
28881200
29901000
3091900
3192800

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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
128calm
138calm
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278calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 06 min 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 102 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:28 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 8:34 PM to 7:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.15:288:34
215.15:298:33
315.05:318:31
415.05:328:30
514.95:348:28
614.95:358:26
714.85:378:25
814.75:388:23
914.75:408:21
1014.65:418:19
1114.65:438:18
1214.55:448:16
1314.55:468:14
1414.45:478:12
1514.45:498:10
1614.35:508:08
1714.25:528:06
1814.25:538:04
1914.15:558:02
2014.15:568:00
2114.05:587:58
2213.96:007:56
2313.96:017:54
2413.86:037:52
2513.86:047:50
2613.76:067:48
2713.66:077:46
2813.66:097:43
2913.56:107:41
3013.56:127:39
3113.46:137:37

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.4Bright
35.4Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
75.3Bright
85.2Bright
95.2Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
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135.1Bright
145.1Bright
155.1Bright
165.1Bright
175.0Bright
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205.0Bright
215.0Bright
224.9Bright
234.9Bright
244.9Bright
254.8Bright
264.8Bright
274.8Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Sühbaatar?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Sühbaatar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sühbaatar in August

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

In August, Sühbaatar 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 Sühbaatar 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 Sühbaatar 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sühbaatar?

Sühbaatar sits at 50.2°N, 106.2°E, 619 m above sea level, in Mongolia. The nearest listed city is Kyakhta, 22 km away.

DzüünharaaUlan-UdeErdenetBaykal’skPetrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy

Topography around Sühbaatar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sühbaatar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m around an average of 636 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 482 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,070 m.

The land around Sühbaatar is covered by grassland (67%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
220 m
16 km
482 m
80 km
1,070 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Kyakhta 22 km · Darhan 85 km · Gusinoozyorsk 119 km · Dzüünharaa 154 km · Ulan-Ude 202 km · Erdenet 203 km · Baykal’sk 204 km · Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 219 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 Sühbaatar (50.2314°, 106.2078°, elevation 619 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).