Ulaanbaatar weather in September

In September, Ulaanbaatar sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 7.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of September to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Ulaanbaatar's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ulaanbaatar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 9th coldest
Precipitation: 39 mm; 7.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:37 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; 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 September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical September day in Ulaanbaatar reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 6°C cooler than August and about 9°C warmer than October.

	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)	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2

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

How September really feels in Ulaanbaatar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 18 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 September is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Ulaanbaatar weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 5th-warmest and 4th-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 September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	61	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	63	63	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64
Cloudier (%)	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	37	37	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitationSnow

Ulaanbaatar gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 7.2 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 23% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10

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

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September 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 September

Winds average 10 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of September to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 102 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 7:29 PM to 6:27 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)	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:17	6:18	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:25	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:55	6:56
Sunset (PM)	7:29	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:18	7:16	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:04	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	6:15	7:29
2	13.2	6:17	7:27
3	13.1	6:18	7:25
4	13.0	6:20	7:23
5	13.0	6:21	7:21
6	12.9	6:22	7:18
7	12.9	6:24	7:16
8	12.8	6:25	7:14
9	12.8	6:27	7:12
10	12.7	6:28	7:10
11	12.6	6:29	7:08
12	12.6	6:31	7:06
13	12.5	6:32	7:04
14	12.5	6:34	7:01
15	12.4	6:35	6:59
16	12.3	6:37	6:57
17	12.3	6:38	6:55
18	12.2	6:39	6:53
19	12.2	6:41	6:51
20	12.1	6:42	6:48
21	12.0	6:44	6:46
22	12.0	6:45	6:44
23	11.9	6:46	6:42
24	11.9	6:48	6:40
25	11.8	6:49	6:38
26	11.7	6:51	6:36
27	11.7	6:52	6:33
28	11.6	6:54	6:31
29	11.6	6:55	6:29
30	11.5	6:56	6:27

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.36 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 — September's 4.36 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.0	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Ulaanbaatar?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Ulaanbaatar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ulaanbaatar in September

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

In September, Ulaanbaatar sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ulaanbaatar in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. 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 September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where September 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

← August Ulaanbaatar year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36

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

	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