Climate averages 1991–2020
Erdenet weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Erdenet: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darhan (143 km away). In August its highs average 24.6°C, 3.9°C warmer than Erdenet, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Mongolia, Erdenet ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 3 cities is 22.3°C; Erdenet is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Darhan in AugustMongolia · 143 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Ulan Bator in AugustMongolia · 241 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Irkutsk in AugustRussia · 363 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Angarsk in AugustRussia · 392 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Ulan-Ude in AugustRussia · 398 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in AugustRussia · 415 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Chita in AugustRussia · 744 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Kyzyl in AugustRussia · 745 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 50 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.