Climate averages 1991–2020
Erdenet weather
in March.
A cold month with very little precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Erdenet: daytime highs average 1.0°C and nights cool to about -10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.1 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes March a month with very little precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darhan (143 km away). In March its highs average 3.1°C, 2.1°C warmer than Erdenet, with 6.7 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Mongolia, Erdenet ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 1.7°C; Erdenet is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.0°C to 9.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 8.1 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Darhan in MarchMongolia · 143 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -9.9°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Ulan Bator in MarchMongolia · 241 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -11.9°C · 7.3 mm precipitation
- Irkutsk in MarchRussia · 363 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -12.0°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Angarsk in MarchRussia · 392 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -12.8°C · 8.4 mm precipitation
- Ulan-Ude in MarchRussia · 398 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -13.2°C · 4.9 mm precipitation
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in MarchRussia · 415 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -13.0°C · 8.9 mm precipitation
- Chita in MarchRussia · 744 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -13.3°C · 4.4 mm precipitation
- Kyzyl in MarchRussia · 745 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -12.6°C · 6.4 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.