Sühbaatar climate — normals and trends
Sühbaatar (Mongolia) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.5 °C and it receives 324 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 (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-22.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sühbaatar averages 210 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 62 rainy days per year.
Sühbaatar has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 215 to 205 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.9 °C (on 24 July 1999) and the coldest -46.2 °C (on 9 January 2001).
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
SühbaatarSelenge Province
- coords
- 50.23°, 106.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.5°C
Average daily high
6.8°C
Average daily low
-5.5°C
Annual rainfall
324mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
13.6km/h
Seasonal range
43.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
210 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
62 d/yr
Annual snowfall
37.5 cm
Average feels-like high
3.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-9.0 °C
Average peak gust
28.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · p = < 0.001
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
42.9 °C
24 July 1999
Coldest day
-46.2 °C
9 January 2001
Wettest day
53 mm
13 July 1949
Windiest day
39.5 km/h
1 October 1963
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
6 May 1993
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
29 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-51.3 °C
9 January 2001
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
29 September 1969
Sunniest day
16.0 h
15 June 1940
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 | -14.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | -10.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 4.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 6 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 7 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 25 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 27.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 33 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 22 mm | -55 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 105 mm | +38 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 42 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 4.5 °C | -3.2 °C | 13 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | -3.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 25 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | -16.0 °C | -1.2 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sühbaatar?
Sühbaatar has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.5 °C and it receives 324 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sühbaatar?
The hottest day measured in Sühbaatar between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1999, reaching 42.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sühbaatar?
The coldest day measured in Sühbaatar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2001, at -46.2 °C.
Does it snow in Sühbaatar?
Yes. Sühbaatar gets on average 37.5 cm of snow per year and has around 210 frost days.
Has the climate of Sühbaatar warmed?
Yes: Sühbaatar warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sühbaatar?
The wettest day measured in Sühbaatar between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1949, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sühbaatar?
The windiest day measured in Sühbaatar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1963, with winds reaching 39.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sühbaatar?
The warmest month in Sühbaatar is July (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-22.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Sühbaatar?
Sühbaatar receives on average 324 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 62 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sühbaatar?
Sühbaatar gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sühbaatar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sühbaatar between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1969, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sühbaatar?
Yes: Sühbaatar has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sühbaatar?
In Sühbaatar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 29 July 2007, and the lowest was -51.3 °C on 9 January 2001.
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