Khovd climate — normals and trends
Khovd (Mongolia) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.8 °C and it receives 171 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-17.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Khovd averages 205 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 40 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Khovd between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 16 July 2004) and the coldest -36.7 °C (on 30 January 1984).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
KhovdKhovd Province
- coords
- 48.01°, 91.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.8°C
Average daily high
8.0°C
Average daily low
-3.9°C
Annual rainfall
171mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
52%
Average peak wind
12.6km/h
Seasonal range
36.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
205 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
40 d/yr
Annual snowfall
23.3 cm
Average feels-like high
4.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.8 °C
Average peak gust
26.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.3 °C
16 July 2004
Coldest day
-36.7 °C
30 January 1984
Wettest day
34 mm
25 June 1986
Windiest day
42.0 km/h
2 May 1944
Strongest gust
78.1 km/h
1 May 1969
Hottest feels-like
35.5 °C
16 July 2004
Coldest feels-like
-42.6 °C
28 January 2005
Snowiest day
12.0 cm
9 October 2000
Sunniest day
15.6 h
26 June 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -11.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | -8.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 0.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +4.5 °C | 5 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 13 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 13 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 27.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 9 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 17 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 7 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 4.6 °C | -4.1 °C | 8 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | -0.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 11 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | -8.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 2 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khovd?
Khovd has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.8 °C and it receives 171 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khovd?
The hottest day measured in Khovd between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2004, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khovd?
The coldest day measured in Khovd between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1984, at -36.7 °C.
Does it snow in Khovd?
Yes. Khovd gets on average 23.3 cm of snow per year and has around 205 frost days.
Has the climate of Khovd warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Khovd.
What is the wettest day in Khovd?
The wettest day measured in Khovd between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1986, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khovd?
The windiest day measured in Khovd between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 1944, with winds reaching 42.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khovd?
The warmest month in Khovd is July (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-17.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Khovd?
Khovd receives on average 171 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 40 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khovd?
Khovd gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Khovd?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khovd between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2000, with 12.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khovd?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Khovd.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khovd?
In Khovd, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.5 °C on 16 July 2004, and the lowest was -42.6 °C on 28 January 2005.
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