The best time to travel to Mongolia depends on the purpose of the trip. If you are planning ecotourism, jeep-tour in the mountains and so on, then May and June is the optimal time. During this period, the winter cold stays behind, but the exhausting summer heat has not yet washed over, especially in the Gobi Desert. Mongolia is characterized by an extremely sharp change in weather and temperatures; Snow is not uncommon in September, as well as + 10 ° C in winter. Ulan Bator is considered to be the coldest capital in the world, where January temperatures drop steadily to -30 ° C, but at the same time in August the city is exhausting heat up to + 40 ° C in the shade.