Ulan Bator Weather in May
Ulan Bator in May
The short of it: Ulan Bator in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 16 mm (0.63 in) of rain and about 15 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 3° · rain 16 mm · daylight 15 h 8 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Ulan Bator an average May high of 18°, a low of 3° and some 16 mm of rain. Highs rise 8° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 16 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 8 min in mid-May, 93 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Ulan Bator runs about middling and about as wet in May. Dzuunmod, 23 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Ulan Bator, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DzuunmodCentral Aimak | 23 km SSE | 18° | 2° | 14 mm |
| ZuunmodCentral Aimak | 23 km SSE | 18° | 2° | 14 mm |
| NalayhUlaanbaatar | 34 km ESE | 18° | 2° | 15 mm |
| ArgalantCentral Aimak | 74 km W | 19° | 3° | 18 mm |
| DzüünharaaSelenge Province | 110 km NNW | 21° | 4° | 17 mm |
| SharïngolSelenge Province | 152 km NNW | 20° | 3° | 18 mm |
| HongorDarhan Uul | 164 km NNW | 20° | 3° | 18 mm |
| DarhanDarhan Uul | 189 km NNW | 19° | 3° | 17 mm |