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Mongolia

Plan a visit or move to Mongolia with current conditions, practical signals, maps, local people, and sourced context.

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Climate normals · 2016–2025

When to go: Mongolia month by month

Judged purely on 2016–2025 weather records, the friendliest months in Mongolia are typically June, July and August, with average daytime highs around 21–25°C. July is usually the warmest month (average high 25°C), January the coldest (average low -24°C), and August the wettest (about 94 mm). These are long-run averages, not a forecast.

Monthly averages computed from 2016–2025 Open-Meteo historical weather records for this location. Long-run averages, not a forecast.
Month	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)	Rain (mm)	Sunshine (h/day)
January	-12.8	-24.3	2	7.9
February	-8.5	-21.2	3	9.4
March	2.2	-10.2	9	10.6
April	9.7	-2.5	17	11.3
May	16.8	3.1	27	11.9
June	22.5	10.1	53	11.9
July	24.6	13.4	83	11.1
August	21.4	10.7	94	11.0
September	16.2	4.4	44	9.7
October	6.1	-4.1	13	8.9
November	-4.2	-14.2	11	7.8
December	-12.3	-21.6	3	7.4

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Past and future events in Mongolia

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Upcoming

Saturday, June 12, 2027Mongolia Cultural Tour
Scheduled group cultural tour in Mongolia.

Past · documented context

Previously

Documented history · 1000
Pastoral nomadism and metalworking became more developed with the Okunev culture (2nd millennium BC), Andronovo culture (2300–1000 BC) and Karasuk culture (1500–300 BC), culminating with the Iron Age Xiongnu Empire in 209 BC.
Documented history · 1600
the Guifang, Shanrong, and Donghu) into China during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC) and Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC) presaged the age of nomadic empires.
Establishment of the Xiongnu Empire
Pastoral nomadism and metalworking culminated with the Iron Age Xiongnu Empire in 209 BC.
Founding of the Mongol Empire
Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire in 1206.
Mongolian Democratic Revolution
Mongolia conducted a peaceful democratic revolution in 1990.

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01 · Overview

Mongolia, in brief

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02 · History