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Daylight hours in Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar gets 16h 02m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 8h 23m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 7h 39m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Ulaanbaatar through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (16h 02m) and shortest on December 21 (8h 23m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Local time, including daylight saving time where Ulaanbaatar observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.

Key days

Longest day16h 02mJune 21 · 04:54–20:56
Shortest day8h 23mDecember 21 · 08:40–17:03
March equinox12h 07mMarch 20 · 06:57–19:04
Fastest change+3.5 min/dayaround March 19

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Ulaanbaatar on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 108:4317:108h 27m
February 108:2117:529h 30m
March 107:3618:3611h 01m
April 106:3319:2212h 49m
May 105:3620:0414h 28m
June 104:5920:4315h 45m
July 104:5820:5615h 58m
August 105:2920:3015h 01m
September 106:1119:3713h 26m
October 106:5118:3511h 43m
November 107:3717:3710h 00m
December 108:2117:048h 42m

Cities with similar daylight

These cities sit within 3° of Ulaanbaatar’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:

Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Ulaanbaatar’s are shortest:

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