Climate averages 1991–2020
Darhan weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Darhan: daytime highs average -12.9°C and nights cool to about -24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 1.6 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erdenet (143 km away). In January its highs average -11.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Darhan, with 1.4 mm of precipitation.
Among the 3 cities listed in Mongolia, Darhan ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is -12.3°C; Darhan is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 6.1°C to -6.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 1.6 mm to 2.5 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -12.9°C-24.8°C | -24.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 8.79 h |
| February | -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
January in nearby cities
- Erdenet in JanuaryMongolia · 143 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -21.7°C · 1.4 mm precipitation
- Ulan Bator in JanuaryMongolia · 189 kmHigh -12.4°C · Low -24.8°C · 1.5 mm precipitation
- Ulan-Ude in JanuaryRussia · 286 kmHigh -15.9°C · Low -27.2°C · 2.7 mm precipitation
- Irkutsk in JanuaryRussia · 333 kmHigh -13.8°C · Low -22.9°C · 5.5 mm precipitation
- Angarsk in JanuaryRussia · 369 kmHigh -15.0°C · Low -24.8°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in JanuaryRussia · 396 kmHigh -15.7°C · Low -24.8°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Chita in JanuaryRussia · 603 kmHigh -17.2°C · Low -28.9°C · 1.3 mm precipitation
- Bratsk in JanuaryRussia · 793 kmHigh -17.2°C · Low -21.9°C · 8.4 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.