Climate averages 1991–2020
Erdenet weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Erdenet: daytime highs average -10.0°C and nights cool to about -18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 mm of precipitation on roughly 1 day, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darhan (143 km away). In December its highs average -10.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Erdenet, with 4.1 mm of precipitation.
Among the 3 cities listed in Mongolia, Erdenet ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is -10.5°C; Erdenet is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to -11.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 3.2 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | -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
December in nearby cities
- Darhan in DecemberMongolia · 143 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -20.6°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Ulan Bator in DecemberMongolia · 241 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -20.9°C · 2.1 mm precipitation
- Irkutsk in DecemberRussia · 363 kmHigh -11.4°C · Low -19.4°C · 9.5 mm precipitation
- Angarsk in DecemberRussia · 392 kmHigh -12.8°C · Low -21.5°C · 8.2 mm precipitation
- Ulan-Ude in DecemberRussia · 398 kmHigh -13.7°C · Low -22.6°C · 6.6 mm precipitation
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in DecemberRussia · 415 kmHigh -13.6°C · Low -22.1°C · 8.6 mm precipitation
- Chita in DecemberRussia · 744 kmHigh -15.6°C · Low -24.6°C · 3.4 mm precipitation
- Kyzyl in DecemberRussia · 745 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -22.0°C · 6.5 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 Erdenet) is explained once on the Erdenet year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.