Climate averages 1991–2020

Darhan weather
in September.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.9°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 6.2°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 39 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Darhan · average highYear overview

September is a mild month in Darhan: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Erdenet (143 km away). In September its highs average 14.8°C, 3.1°C cooler than Darhan, with 38 mm of rain.

Among the 3 cities listed in Mongolia, Darhan ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest September highs and joint 2nd of 3 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 3 cities is 16.1°C; Darhan is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 9.3°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 18 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -30-25-20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Darhan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -12.9°C-24.8°C-24.8°C1.60.58.79 h
February -6.8°C-21.4°C-21.4°C2.50.710.110 h
March 3.1°C-9.9°C-9.9°C6.72.111.912 h
April 11.9°C-1.6°C-1.6°C184.213.714 h
May 19.1°C4.5°C4.5°C336.315.315 h
June 25.4°C12.6°C12.6°C518.316.216 h
July 27.2°C15.9°C15.9°C6810.715.816 h
August 24.6°C13.4°C13.4°C7810.414.414 h
September, selected 17.9°C6.2°C6.2°C397.412.713 h
October 8.6°C-2.3°C-2.3°C183.910.811 h
November -2.3°C-11.7°C-11.7°C8.22.69.29 h
December -10.8°C-20.6°C-20.6°C4.11.58.28 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Darhan

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 limits

How 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.