Climate averages 1991–2020
Erdenet weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Erdenet: daytime highs average -6.8°C and nights cool to about -18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darhan (143 km away). In February its highs average -6.8°C, about as warm as Erdenet, with 2.5 mm of precipitation.
Among the 3 cities listed in Mongolia, Erdenet ranks joint 1st of 3 for the warmest February highs and joint 1st of 3 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 3 cities is -7.0°C; Erdenet is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.8°C to 1.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 2.5 mm to 8.1 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | -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 | -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
February in nearby cities
- Darhan in FebruaryMongolia · 143 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -21.4°C · 2.5 mm precipitation
- Ulan Bator in FebruaryMongolia · 241 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -21.2°C · 2.8 mm precipitation
- Irkutsk in FebruaryRussia · 363 kmHigh -8.2°C · Low -20.0°C · 5.2 mm precipitation
- Angarsk in FebruaryRussia · 392 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -21.5°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Ulan-Ude in FebruaryRussia · 398 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -23.8°C · 2.9 mm precipitation
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in FebruaryRussia · 415 kmHigh -9.6°C · Low -21.4°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Chita in FebruaryRussia · 744 kmHigh -10.1°C · Low -24.0°C · 1.6 mm precipitation
- Kyzyl in FebruaryRussia · 745 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -21.2°C · 3.2 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.