Ulaanbaatar weather in July

In July, Ulaanbaatar sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 66 mm of rain across 11.2 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 48 min at the start of July to 14 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Ulaanbaatar's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ulaanbaatar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 66 mm; 11.2 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 30 min; 5:14 AM – 8:42 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 11th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Ulaanbaatar is capital and largest city of Mongolia.

Air quality: Severe; PM2.5 60 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 180/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1639

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Ulaanbaatar reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

	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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	11
6	22	11
7	22	11
8	22	11
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10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
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20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	12
24	22	12
25	22	12
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	11
31	22	11

How July really feels in Ulaanbaatar

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Ulaanbaatar weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-17° / -28°	2	0.5	0.7	8.6	0.0
Feb	-11° / -24°	3	1.2	1.5	9.9	0.0
Mar	-2° / -15°	7	2.2	2.7	11.6	0.0
Apr	8° / -5°	16	4.3	3.6	13.4	1.3
May	15° / 1°	35	6.7	3	14.9	4.8
Jun	20° / 8°	55	9.5	0.2	15.7	6.3
Jul	22° / 11°	66	11.2	0	15.4	6.4
Aug	20° / 9°	68	10.7	0	14.1	6.2
Sep	14° / 2°	39	7.2	1.5	12.4	4.6
Oct	5° / -6°	15	3.8	3.3	10.6	0.7
Nov	-7° / -18°	6	2.1	2.6	9	0.0
Dec	-15° / -25°	2	0.9	1.3	8.3	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

	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	43	44	45	46	45	46	47	47	48	48	47	49	50	50	50	51	51	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	49
Cloudier (%)	57	57	56	55	54	55	54	53	53	52	52	53	51	50	50	50	49	49	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Ulaanbaatar gets around 66 mm of rain over 11.2 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

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 89% 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 (%)	96	96	95	95	95	94	93	93	92	91	90	89	88	88	87	87	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	87
Comfortable (%)	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 48 min at the start of July to 14 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:03 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 8:49 PM to 8:25 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)	15.8	15.8	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:32
Sunset (PM)	8:49	8:49	8:49	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:47	8:47	8:46	8:46	8:45	8:45	8:44	8:43	8:43	8:42	8:41	8:40	8:39	8:38	8:37	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:31	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.8	5:03	8:49
2	15.8	5:03	8:49
3	15.7	5:04	8:49
4	15.7	5:04	8:48
5	15.7	5:05	8:48
6	15.7	5:06	8:48
7	15.7	5:06	8:47
8	15.7	5:07	8:47
9	15.6	5:08	8:46
10	15.6	5:09	8:46
11	15.6	5:10	8:45
12	15.6	5:11	8:45
13	15.5	5:11	8:44
14	15.5	5:12	8:43
15	15.5	5:13	8:43
16	15.5	5:14	8:42
17	15.4	5:15	8:41
18	15.4	5:16	8:40
19	15.4	5:18	8:39
20	15.3	5:19	8:38
21	15.3	5:20	8:37
22	15.3	5:21	8:36
23	15.2	5:22	8:35
24	15.2	5:23	8:34
25	15.1	5:24	8:33
26	15.1	5:26	8:32
27	15.1	5:27	8:31
28	15.0	5:28	8:29
29	15.0	5:29	8:28
30	14.9	5:30	8:27
31	14.9	5:32	8:25

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.49 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 5.86 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)	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Ulaanbaatar?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Ulaanbaatar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ulaanbaatar in July

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

In July, Ulaanbaatar sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ulaanbaatar in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ulaanbaatar peaks around July 18 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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	7	7	8	8	5	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Ulaanbaatar in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ulaanbaatar is worst in July — around 135 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.3× the cleanest month (October, 41 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Ulaanbaatar's WHO annual average of 60 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	56	55	48	48	54	78	135	73	42	41	48	41
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	56	Unhealthy
Feb	55	Unhealthy
Mar	48	Poor
Apr	48	Poor
May	54	Poor
Jun	78	Unhealthy
Jul	135	Unhealthy
Aug	73	Unhealthy
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	41	Poor
Nov	48	Poor
Dec	41	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ulaanbaatar?

Ulaanbaatar sits at 47.9°N, 106.9°E, 1,284 m above sea level, in Mongolia. The nearest listed city is Zuunmod, 23 km away.

Topography around Ulaanbaatar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ulaanbaatar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m around an average of 1,304 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,018 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,795 m.

The land around Ulaanbaatar is covered by artificial surfaces (81%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (79%) within 80 km.

3 km

247 m

artificial surfaces 81%

16 km

1,018 m

grassland 57%

80 km

1,795 m

grassland 79%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen

← June Ulaanbaatar year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Zuunmod 23 km · Dzuunmod 23 km · Nalayh 34 km · Dzüünharaa 110 km · Darhan 189 km · Erdenet 241 km · Sühbaatar 263 km · Bulgan 267 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 Ulaanbaatar (47.9077°, 106.8832°, elevation 1,284 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	22	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	11
6	22	11
7	22	11
8	22	11
9	22	11
10	22	11
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12	22	11
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17	22	12
18	22	12
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23	22	12
24	22	12
25	22	12
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	11
31	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	47	53
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13