Ulaangom weather in May

In May, Ulaangom sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 21 mm of precipitation across 5.7 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ulaangom's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ulaangom's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
21 mm
5.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
5:13 AM – 8:23 PM
Cloud cover
55%
10th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
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.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ulaangom reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1154
2164
3164
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10176
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How May really feels in Ulaangom

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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

May 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 May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-15° / -24°10.30.68.40.0
Feb-11° / -21°31.11.99.70.0
Mar-2° / -13°82.83.111.50.0
Apr10° / -1°144.11.613.52.8
May19° / 215.70.715.16.5
Jun24° / 13°367.60.116.17.1
Jul25° / 16°5810.8015.76.6
Aug23° / 13°5510.1014.36.9
Sep17° / 306.70.512.45.8
Oct / -2°133.41.810.51.7
Nov-5° / -12°622.68.80.0
Dec-14° / -21°20.50.97.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
35248
45347
55347
65347
75347
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95347
105347
115347
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Ulaangom gets around 21 mm of rain and snow over 5.7 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 19% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1153
2153
3153
4153
5153
6163
7163
8163
9163
10173
11173
12183
13183
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15193
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
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309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 4:56 AM, and sunset from 8:01 PM to 8:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:378:01
214.45:358:02
314.55:348:04
414.65:328:05
514.65:308:07
614.75:288:08
714.75:278:10
814.85:258:11
914.85:238:13
1014.95:228:14
1114.95:208:16
1215.05:198:17
1315.05:178:19
1415.15:168:20
1515.15:148:22
1615.25:138:23
1715.25:118:25
1815.35:108:26
1915.35:098:27
2015.45:078:29
2115.45:068:30
2215.45:058:31
2315.55:048:33
2415.55:038:34
2515.65:028:35
2615.65:018:37
2715.65:008:38
2815.74:598:39
2915.74:588:40
3015.74:578:41
3115.84:568:42

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.77 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 — May's 6.77 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
26.4Intense
36.5Intense
46.5Intense
56.5Intense
66.5Intense
76.6Intense
86.6Intense
96.6Intense
106.7Intense
116.7Intense
126.7Intense
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146.7Intense
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216.9Intense
226.9Intense
236.9Intense
246.9Intense
256.9Intense
267.0Intense
277.0Intense
287.0Intense
297.0Intense
307.0Intense
317.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ulaangom?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ulaangom for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ulaangom in May

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

In May, Ulaangom sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Ulaangom in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
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.

ÖlgiiKhovdKyzylAbazaSayanogorskShushenskoye

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
16 km
635 m
80 km
3,264 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
May 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
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 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).