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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli
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Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley
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Asia > Mongolia > Ulaanbaatar
When to go to Ulaanbaatar ( Mongolia ) ?
| Month | Sunlight (h/d) | Average T min (°C) | Average T max (°C) | Record T min (°C) | Record T max (°C) | Precipitations (mm) | Wet days | Rating |
| january | 3 | -31 | -18 | -44 | -7 | 0 | 1 |  |
| february | 4 | -28 | -12 | -44 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| march | 5 | -21 | -3 | -39 | 17 | 3 | 2 | |
| april | 6 | -7 | 8 | -24 | 25 | 5 | 2 | |
| may | 8 | -1 | 14 | -12 | 29 | 10 | 4 | |
| june | 7 | 8 | 22 | -4 | 37 | 27 | 5 |  |
| july | 7 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 32 | 75 | 10 |  |
| august | 7 | 9 | 22 | -7 | 34 | 50 | 8 | |
| september | 6 | 3 | 15 | -11 | 27 | 22 | 3 | |
| october | 5 | -7 | 7 | -27 | 24 | 5 | 2 | |
| november | 3 | -19 | -5 | -36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | |
| december | 2 | -27 | -15 | -43 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
How to read the charts
For example: In january, you will get 3 hours of average sunlight in Ulaanbaatar and the overall temperature will vary between -43 and 1 (Celcius) in this area of Mongolia. Usually you shouldn't see more than 1 rainy days wich is representative of this part of Asia.
What to do in Ulaanbaatar : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants
Capital of Mongolia, Ulan Bator has a million inhabitants and includes one third of the total population of the country. The city was built in the 17th century, and remained long consisting of yurts, the Mongolian traditional dwelling.
Urbanization with the construction of buildings date from the arrival of the Russians in 1930. The city is also the coldest capital of the world, because of its continental climate with long cold winters and short summers and rather cool. It is served by an international airport, and a very rough road which connects the major cities, and whose roads are actually trails in poor condition.
The city offers a high contrast between high-rise residential center built on the Soviet model and yurts on the outskirts protected by wooden palisades, between Japanese cars and cows and goats that roam the streets and between the characters in traditional costumes alongside modern ones in business suits.
You will discover in the city where the Sukhbaatar Square was declared the independence of Mongolia in 1921, the Museum of Natural History with its dinosaur skeletons from the Gobi Desert, the Museum of Fine Arts Zanabazar, the Tibetan Buddhist monastery Gandantegchinlen Khiid and temples decorated with sumptuous gold, and the winter palace of Bodger Khaan with its collection of stuffed animals.
