Khovd Weather in January
Khovd in January
The short of it: Khovd in January averages a high of -17 °C (1 °F) and a low of -30 °C (-22 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 8 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -17° · low -30° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 8 h 47 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Khovd an average January high of -17°, a low of -30° and some 1.0 mm of rain. Khovd's coldest stretch of the year, -17° by day and -30° by night. Rain is scarce, about 1.0 mm, the 11th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 47 min in mid-January, 24 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Khovd runs cooler than most and drier than most in January. Jargalant, 127 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
January in Khovd, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 4° colder, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 7° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 3 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JargalantBayan-Ölgii Province | 127 km SSW | -17° | -28° | 4.0 mm |
| KoktokayXinjiang | 162 km WSW | -15° | -28° | 6.0 mm |
| ÖlgiiBayan-Ölgii Province | 164 km NW | -11° | -23° | 1.0 mm |
| TemekeXinjiang | 167 km WSW | -15° | -28° | 6.0 mm |
| TurgunXinjiang | 177 km SW | -15° | -29° | 6.0 mm |
| FuyunXinjiang | 195 km SW | -12° | -27° | 9.0 mm |
| KürtiXinjiang | 197 km WSW | -12° | -26° | 7.0 mm |
| BürenhayrhanHovd | 213 km S | -15° | -26° | 4.0 mm |