Travel Alert Status
Level 4: Do Not Travel
Time Difference:
UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
note: Mongolia has two time zones - Ulaanbaatar Time (8 hours in advance of UTC) and Hovd Time (7 hours in advance of UTC)
Travel Climate:
Because of the elevation and distance from any ocean or sea, Mongolia has a harsh continental climate. Marked seasonal, even daily, changes in temperature, numerous high-pressure systems, and severe cold occur most of the year. A remarkably sunny country, Mongolia enjoys 250 sunny days a year, often with clear cloudless skies, making even the coldest temperatures more tolerable.
Travel Currency:
togrog/tugrik (MNT)
Languages:
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian
Ethnic Groups:
Mongol (predominantly Khalkha) 85%, Turkic (of which Kazakh is the largest group) 7%, Tungusic 4.6%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 3.4%
National Holiday:
Independence Day/Revolution Day, 11 July (1921)
Geographic Coordinates:
46 00 N, 105 00 E
Location:
Northern Asia, between China and Russia
Airports:
15