Saynshand climate — normals and trends
Saynshand (Mongolia) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.1 °C and it receives 152 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 (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-17.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Saynshand averages 188 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 30 rainy days per year.
Saynshand has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 196 to 180 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 12 July 1942) and the coldest -38.6 °C (on 14 December 1956).
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
SaynshandEast Gobi Aymag
- coords
- 44.88°, 110.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.1°C
Average daily high
10.2°C
Average daily low
-1.6°C
Annual rainfall
152mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
48%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
40.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
188 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
30 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.1 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.11 · p = 0.002
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
43.0 °C
12 July 1942
Coldest day
-38.6 °C
14 December 1956
Wettest day
72 mm
21 June 1946
Windiest day
64.6 km/h
15 May 2019
Strongest gust
113.4 km/h
15 May 2019
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
25 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-44.4 °C
14 December 1956
Snowiest day
10.1 cm
5 May 2002
Sunniest day
14.8 h
25 June 1944
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 | -7.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 3 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -5.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 6.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 4 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 10 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 5 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 61 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 27.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 32 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 12 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 8.8 °C | -2.3 °C | 5 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 1.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 5 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | -8.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saynshand?
Saynshand has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.1 °C and it receives 152 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saynshand?
The hottest day measured in Saynshand between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1942, reaching 43.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saynshand?
The coldest day measured in Saynshand between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1956, at -38.6 °C.
Does it snow in Saynshand?
Yes. Saynshand gets on average 12.1 cm of snow per year and has around 188 frost days.
Has the climate of Saynshand warmed?
Yes: Saynshand warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saynshand?
The wettest day measured in Saynshand between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1946, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saynshand?
The windiest day measured in Saynshand between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 2019, with winds reaching 64.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saynshand?
The warmest month in Saynshand is July (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-17.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Saynshand?
Saynshand receives on average 152 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 30 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saynshand?
Saynshand gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saynshand?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saynshand between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 2002, with 10.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saynshand?
Yes: Saynshand has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saynshand?
In Saynshand, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 25 July 2010, and the lowest was -44.4 °C on 14 December 1956.
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