Climate averages 1991–2020
Darhan weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Darhan: daytime highs average -6.8°C and nights cool to about -21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 05 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erdenet (143 km away). In February its highs average -6.8°C, about as warm as Darhan, with 2.5 mm of precipitation.
Among the 3 cities listed in Mongolia, Darhan ranks joint 1st of 3 for the warmest February highs and joint 1st of 3 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 3 cities is -7.0°C; Darhan is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 9.9°C to 3.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 2.5 mm to 6.7 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Darhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-24.8°C | -24.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 8.79 h |
| February, selected | -6.8°C-21.4°C | -21.4°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 10.110 h |
| March | 3.1°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 6.7 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 18 | 4.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 33 | 6.3 | 15.315 h |
| June | 25.4°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 51 | 8.3 | 16.216 h |
| July | 27.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 68 | 10.7 | 15.816 h |
| August | 24.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 10.4 | 14.414 h |
| September | 17.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 39 | 7.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 8.6°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | -2.3°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 8.2 | 2.6 | 9.29 h |
| December | -10.8°C-20.6°C | -20.6°C | 4.1 | 1.5 | 8.28 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Erdenet in FebruaryMongolia · 143 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -18.2°C · 2.5 mm precipitation
- Ulan Bator in FebruaryMongolia · 189 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -21.2°C · 2.8 mm precipitation
- Ulan-Ude in FebruaryRussia · 286 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -23.8°C · 2.9 mm precipitation
- Irkutsk in FebruaryRussia · 333 kmHigh -8.2°C · Low -20.0°C · 5.2 mm precipitation
- Angarsk in FebruaryRussia · 369 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -21.5°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in FebruaryRussia · 396 kmHigh -9.6°C · Low -21.4°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Chita in FebruaryRussia · 603 kmHigh -10.1°C · Low -24.0°C · 1.6 mm precipitation
- Bratsk in FebruaryRussia · 793 kmHigh -13.3°C · Low -18.9°C · 7.4 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Darhan) is explained once on the Darhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.