Best Time to Visit Mongolia

Best time to visit Mongolia would be in Summer and Autumn.However, You can travel to Mongolia any time to enjoy incredible landscape and nomadic cultural life. Mongolia has 4 seasons and each season has its own uniqueness to offer. If you like to have private tour that makes you along and only tourist in Mongolia, then winter and spring time would be ideal for you. In winter and spring there are no many tourists travelling around.  If you like to do trek, horse riding and adventure jeep safari, then best time would be summer and autumn season. Whenever you visit, you can get unique experiences.

In spring time the main highlight would be Nauriz or Spring Festival. Weather is still chilly until end of April and there is dusty wind in Gobi regions. Nomads are still in their winter places until May. Visiting nomads and staying with them can give you real nomadic life experience.

Activities:

·         Jeep Safari

·         Short hikes

·         Nomadic homestay cultural tours

Highlights:

·         Nauriz Festival

Hint: No many tourists.

Summer season comes late May, in the beginning of May weather might surprise you with occasional snow falls and there would be cold rain sometimes. From June weather starts to be very pleasant and most tourists travel to Mongolia during the summer season. Trekking and horse riding tours are most recommended that gives more time to enjoy beautiful unexplored landscape and get closer to the nature. All nomads are in their summer pastures and there are plenty of dairy products.  Very good opportunities to visit nomad families, stay with them, taste their homemade products such as cheese, butter, airag (horse milk) and so on.

Activities:

·         Trekking tours

·         Horse riding tours

·         Jeep Safari

·         Nomadic homestay cultural tours

Highlights:

·         Naadam festival

Hint: Popular time to visit Mongolia and there are many tourists.

Autumn is most colorful season that offers different colors to the landscape in the countryside. It would be right time for photographers or tourists who are interested to shoot stunning sunrise and sunset, breathtaking mountains covered with forest and vast steppe is giving shining golden colors.

Activities:

·         Trekking

·         Horse riding

·         Jeep Safari

·         Photography tour

·         Nomadic homestay cultural tours

Highlights:

·         Golden Eagle Festival

Hint: Early and Mid-Autumn is best time to visit for trekkers.

Winter starts from November and ends Mid-March. It is longest season of the year and temperature drops down to -40 degrees especially in northern part of Mongolia, Khovgol, Uvs provinces. In winter you can participate in Ice Festival which takes place in Khovsgol province or you can do hunting with Eagle Hunters in western part of Mongolia, Bayan Ulgii to get real experience of last nomadic hunters still practicing and living with their culture. Harsh and very cold winter comes only for short times; in general there is no heavy snow and under the clear blue sky winter tour can be very enjoyable.

Activities:

·         Horse riding

·         Eagle hunting

·         Jeep safari

·         Nomadic homestay cultural tours

Hint: Winter tours are shorter than summer tours. Well prepared tourists can enjoy special winter time.