Climate averages 1991–2020
Ulan Bator weather
in November.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a freezing month in Ulan Bator: daytime highs average -3.7°C and nights cool to about -13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.1 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes November a month with very little precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 20 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darhan (189 km away). In November its highs average -2.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ulan Bator, with 8.2 mm of precipitation.
Among the 3 cities listed in Mongolia, Ulan Bator ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 3 for the driest November (precipitation, lowest first). The mean November high of those 3 cities is -3.1°C; Ulan Bator is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 7.1°C to -10.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 6.1 mm to 2.1 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Ulan Bator climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.4°C-24.8°C | -24.8°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | -7.4°C-21.2°C | -21.2°C | 2.8 | 1.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 0.9°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 7.3 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 8.8°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 16 | 4.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 15.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 34 | 6.7 | 15.115 h |
| June | 21.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 55 | 9.5 | 16.016 h |
| July | 23.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 66 | 11.2 | 15.616 h |
| August | 21.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 68 | 10.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 15.6°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 39 | 7.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 6.5°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 15 | 3.8 | 10.911 h |
| November, selected | -3.7°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 6.1 | 2.1 | 9.39 h |
| December | -10.8°C-20.9°C | -20.9°C | 2.1 | 0.9 | 8.58 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
November in nearby cities
- Darhan in NovemberMongolia · 189 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -11.7°C · 8.2 mm precipitation
- Erdenet in NovemberMongolia · 241 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -12.2°C · 7.6 mm precipitation
- Ulan-Ude in NovemberRussia · 439 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -12.3°C · 9.3 mm precipitation
- Irkutsk in NovemberRussia · 522 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -11.0°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Angarsk in NovemberRussia · 559 kmHigh -4.3°C · Low -12.6°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in NovemberRussia · 585 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -13.1°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Chita in NovemberRussia · 659 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -14.3°C · 5.1 mm precipitation
- Bayan Nur in NovemberChina · 798 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 3.1 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 Ulan Bator) is explained once on the Ulan Bator year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.