Ulaangom weather in August

In August, Ulaangom sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 55 mm of rain across 10.1 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 Ulaangom's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ulaangom's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 55 mm; 10.1 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 18 min; 5:47 AM – 8:04 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 9th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Ulaangom is capital of Uvs Province in Mongolia.

Density: 218/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1686

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical August day in Ulaangom reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

	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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10

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

How August really feels in Ulaangom

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Ulaangom weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-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	-15° / -24°	1	0.3	0.6	8.4	0.0
Feb	-11° / -21°	3	1.1	1.9	9.7	0.0
Mar	-2° / -13°	8	2.8	3.1	11.5	0.0
Apr	10° / -1°	14	4.1	1.6	13.5	2.8
May	19° / 7°	21	5.7	0.7	15.1	6.5
Jun	24° / 13°	36	7.6	0.1	16.1	7.1
Jul	25° / 16°	58	10.8	0	15.7	6.6
Aug	23° / 13°	55	10.1	0	14.3	6.9
Sep	17° / 6°	30	6.7	0.5	12.4	5.8
Oct	8° / -2°	13	3.4	1.8	10.5	1.7
Nov	-5° / -12°	6	2	2.6	8.8	0.0
Dec	-14° / -21°	2	0.5	0.9	7.9	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. 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	31
Clearer (%)	50	51	52	52	52	54	54	55	55	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62
Cloudier (%)	50	49	48	48	48	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ulaangom gets around 55 mm of rain over 10.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 33% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days. 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	31
Rain chance (%)	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	33	32	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	33
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	28
26	28
27	27
28	27
29	26
30	26
31	26

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 91% 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 (%)	80	81	81	82	83	83	84	85	86	86	88	89	90	91	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	97	97	98	98	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1
Humid (%)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	18	2
2	81	18	1
3	81	18	1
4	82	17	1
5	83	16	1
6	83	16	1
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	86	13	1
10	86	13	1
11	88	12	0
12	89	11	0
13	90	10	0
14	91	9	0
15	92	8	0
16	93	7	0
17	93	7	0
18	94	6	0
19	94	6	0
20	95	5	0
21	95	5	0
22	95	5	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0
31	99	1	0

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.

	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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
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7	8	calm
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17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

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 5:25 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 8:30 PM to 7:33 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)	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:25	5:27	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:34	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58	6:00	6:01	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:09	6:10
Sunset (PM)	8:30	8:29	8:27	8:25	8:24	8:22	8:21	8:19	8:17	8:15	8:14	8:12	8:10	8:08	8:06	8:04	8:02	8:00	7:58	7:56	7:54	7:52	7:50	7:48	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:37	7:35	7:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.1	5:25	8:30
2	15.0	5:27	8:29
3	15.0	5:28	8:27
4	14.9	5:30	8:25
5	14.9	5:31	8:24
6	14.8	5:33	8:22
7	14.8	5:34	8:21
8	14.7	5:36	8:19
9	14.7	5:37	8:17
10	14.6	5:38	8:15
11	14.6	5:40	8:14
12	14.5	5:41	8:12
13	14.4	5:43	8:10
14	14.4	5:44	8:08
15	14.3	5:46	8:06
16	14.3	5:47	8:04
17	14.2	5:49	8:02
18	14.2	5:51	8:00
19	14.1	5:52	7:58
20	14.0	5:54	7:56
21	14.0	5:55	7:54
22	13.9	5:57	7:52
23	13.9	5:58	7:50
24	13.8	6:00	7:48
25	13.7	6:01	7:46
26	13.7	6:03	7:44
27	13.6	6:04	7:42
28	13.6	6:06	7:40
29	13.5	6:07	7:37
30	13.4	6:09	7:35
31	13.4	6:10	7:33

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.64 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	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	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Ulaangom?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Ulaangom for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ulaangom in August

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

In August, Ulaangom sees daytime highs around 23°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 Ulaangom in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ulaangom peaks around July 16 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	8	7	8	7	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Ulaangom?

Ulaangom sits at 50.0°N, 92.1°E, 935 m above sea level, in Mongolia. The nearest listed city is Ölgii, 189 km away.

Topography around Ulaangom

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ulaangom has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m around an average of 939 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 635 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,264 m.

The land around Ulaangom is covered by grassland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (87%) within 16 km, and grassland (62%) within 80 km.

3 km

199 m

grassland 73%

16 km

635 m

grassland 87%

80 km

3,264 m

grassland 62%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

← July Ulaangom year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Ölgii 189 km · Khovd 222 km · Kyzyl 254 km · Abaza 327 km · Sayanogorsk 350 km · Shushenskoye 372 km · Minusinsk 414 km · Abakan 418 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 Ulaangom (49.9811°, 92.0667°, elevation 935 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	33
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	28
26	28
27	27
28	27
29	26
30	26
31	26

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	18	2
2	81	18	1
3	81	18	1
4	82	17	1
5	83	16	1
6	83	16	1
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	86	13	1
10	86	13	1
11	88	12	0
12	89	11	0
13	90	10	0
14	91	9	0
15	92	8	0
16	93	7	0
17	93	7	0
18	94	6	0
19	94	6	0
20	95	5	0
21	95	5	0
22	95	5	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0
31	99	1	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	33
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	28
26	28
27	27
28	27
29	26
30	26
31	26

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	18	2
2	81	18	1
3	81	18	1
4	82	17	1
5	83	16	1
6	83	16	1
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	86	13	1
10	86	13	1
11	88	12	0
12	89	11	0
13	90	10	0
14	91	9	0
15	92	8	0
16	93	7	0
17	93	7	0
18	94	6	0
19	94	6	0
20	95	5	0
21	95	5	0
22	95	5	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0
31	99	1	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	33
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	28
26	28
27	27
28	27
29	26
30	26
31	26

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	18	2
2	81	18	1
3	81	18	1
4	82	17	1
5	83	16	1
6	83	16	1
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	86	13	1
10	86	13	1
11	88	12	0
12	89	11	0
13	90	10	0
14	91	9	0
15	92	8	0
16	93	7	0
17	93	7	0
18	94	6	0
19	94	6	0
20	95	5	0
21	95	5	0
22	95	5	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0
31	99	1	0