Climate averages 1991–2020
Erdenet weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Erdenet: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darhan (143 km away). In April its highs average 11.9°C, 2.9°C warmer than Erdenet, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Mongolia, Erdenet ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 3 cities is 9.9°C; Erdenet is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Erdenet climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.6°C-21.7°C | -21.7°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 8.79 h |
| February | -6.8°C-18.2°C | -18.2°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 10.110 h |
| March | 1.0°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 8.1 | 2.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 9.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 21 | 5.5 | 13.714 h |
| May | 15.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 35 | 7.8 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 63 | 11.1 | 16.116 h |
| July | 22.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 91 | 13.5 | 15.816 h |
| August | 20.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 86 | 12.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 14.8°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 38 | 7.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 6.3°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 17 | 4.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | -3.4°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 7.6 | 2.6 | 9.29 h |
| December | -10.0°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 8.38 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
April in nearby cities
- Darhan in AprilMongolia · 143 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Ulan Bator in AprilMongolia · 241 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -3.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Irkutsk in AprilRussia · 363 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -2.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Angarsk in AprilRussia · 392 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -2.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Ulan-Ude in AprilRussia · 398 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -2.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in AprilRussia · 415 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Chita in AprilRussia · 744 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -3.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Kyzyl in AprilRussia · 745 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low -1.6°C · 16 mm rain
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 Erdenet) is explained once on the Erdenet year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.