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Ulaanbaatar in April

Chilly and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Ulaanbaatar is chilly: highs near 49°F, lows near 23°F. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 12 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Ulaanbaatar is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near -5°C. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
49°F9°Caverage
Low
23°F-5°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 15% of days
Daylight
13h 36mon average

Is April a good time to visit Ulaanbaatar?

April sits outside Ulaanbaatar's best months, which run from June to August. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 49°F in April, against 12°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in April, against -11°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

15% of days in April, against 3% to 37% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in April, against 40% to 50% through the year.

Daylight

13h 36m in April, against 8h 27m to 15h 57m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March35°2°low 5°low -15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. April49°9°low 23°low -5°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. May63°17°low 34°low 1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Ulaanbaatar sits, in April

Asia/Ulaanbaatar
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:05 AMsets 7:40 PM
Above the sea
1,290 mupland
Latitude
47.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bulgan511 km south-west

The land around Ulaanbaatar, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Mongolia in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Ulaanbaatar

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Ulaanbaatar. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,290 m) against the climate model's (1,502 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,290 m) against the climate model's (1,502 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.