Climate averages 1991–2020
Erdenet weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Erdenet: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darhan (143 km away). In May its highs average 19.1°C, 3.5°C warmer than Erdenet, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Mongolia, Erdenet ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 16.8°C; Erdenet is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Darhan in MayMongolia · 143 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Ulan Bator in MayMongolia · 241 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Irkutsk in MayRussia · 363 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Angarsk in MayRussia · 392 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Ulan-Ude in MayRussia · 398 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in MayRussia · 415 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Chita in MayRussia · 744 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Kyzyl in MayRussia · 745 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 29 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.