Climate Tsetserleg Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport (ZMUB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	42.2	48	53	62	44	22
February	61.0	65	68	77	75	52
March	91.7	91	96	97	92	93
April	95.4		95	95	94	96
May	97.6		97	98	96	98
June	98.5		99	99	99	100
July	96.5		91	100	98	98
August	95.1		99	100	82	99
September	96.6		88	100	99	97
October	93.3		97	95	100	97
November	74.7		85	90	95	65
December	50.1		63	67	66	35
Average	83.2	69.7	87.7	92.0	88.0	82.4

2nd best VFR conditions of Mongolia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.4	95	99	98	45	22
February	71.8	98	98	100	75	52
March	93.0	98	98	99	92	93
April	96.2		99	97	94	96
May	98.3		100	99	96	98
June	98.8		100	100	99	100
July	97.8		100	100	98	98
August	95.3		100	100	82	99
September	98.3		100	100	99	97
October	94.0		100	97	100	97
November	78.5		100	98	99	65
December	63.0		99	98	96	35
Average	89.2	96.7	99.3	98.8	90.3	82.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-16.3	-16	-17	-12	-17	-13
February	-10.0	-14	-8	-11	-8	-8
March	1.9	-2	3	2	4	0
April	10.1		6	10	9	13
May	17.0		15	18	14	17
June	23.3		24	23	21	23
July	24.2		23	23	25	24
August	21.3		22	20	21	21
September	17.1		17	19	17	17
October	7.6		11	6	8	5
November	-6.4		-9	-6	-3	-4
December	-16.6		-17	-18	-11	-19
Average	4.4	-11.2	5.9	6.8	6.6	6.4

1st highest temperature of Mongolia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-32.7	-31	-33	-30	-32	-29
February	-28.0	-32	-26	-30	-24	-26
March	-15.1	-16	-14	-19	-12	-17
April	-7.9		-8	-7	-5	-5
May	0.9		1	0	0	2
June	8.9		9	10	7	9
July	11.7		12	11	12	11
August	8.7		10	8	8	9
September	1.6		3	2	2	2
October	-10.9		-8	-11	-9	-11
November	-21.3		-21	-22	-20	-19
December	-30.2		-30	-31	-28	-33
Average	-11.0	-27.6	-9.3	-10.9	-9.6	-9.1

1st lowest temperature of Mongolia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.8	6	0	4	3	1
February	3.1	4	1	2	2	6
March	3.0	3	4	7	4	3
April	5.0		5	5	9	3
May	4.0		6	4	6	5
June	5.7		2	6	14	2
July	6.8		11	5	3	5
August	7.1		3	7	4	9
September	5.7		11	1	5	7
October	4.5		3	7	2	5
November	5.6		5	5	4	10
December	4.7		11	8	3	2
Average	4.8	4.0	5.2	4.9	4.9	4.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.6	2	3	3	3	2
February	4.0	3	4	4	4	4
March	6.8	5	7	8	7	7
April	9.7		10	9	9	11
May	10.5		9	10	11	12
June	8.9		9	9	9	9
July	7.3		7	8	7	8
August	6.8		6	7	8	8
September	7.3		7	8	7	8
October	6.1		6	6	6	7
November	4.2		4	3	4	4
December	2.9		3	4	3	2
Average	6.4	3.5	6.5	6.8	6.9	7.0

1st highest wind speed of Mongolia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	300°	310°	283°	313°	225°
February	286°	270°	282°	291°	225°
March	286°	299°	288°	293°	298°
April		313°	302°	319°	319°
May		313°	327°	324°	331°
June		332°	338°	335°	318°
July		328°	287°	323°	344°
August		301°	313°	337°	307°
September		268°	292°	291°	276°
October		310°	314°	288°	302°
November		314°	315°	289°	265°
December		294°	314°	303°	281°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.