Asia · Eastern Asia
Mongolia
11 cities in the atlas · 11 airports with scheduled flights
Orkhon Valley · Photo: He-ba-mue · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Ulaanbaatar
- Currency
- MNT
- Mongolian Tugrik
- Local time
- Ulaanbaatar Standard TimeUTC+08:00
- 1 more
- Calling code
- +976
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and E
Facts
Mongolia in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Ulaanbaatar
- Currency
- Mongolian Tugrik MNTToday's indicative rate: MNT 1,000 ≈ USD 0.277Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: MongolianSpoken: Mongolian and Russian
- Time zones
- Khovd Standard TimeUTC+07:00Ulaanbaatar Standard TimeUTC+08:00
- Calling code
- +976
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and E220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 101fire102police103ambulance105general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 3,568,978 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 1,565,000 km²
- Internet domain
- .mn
When to go
Climate across Mongolia
On these averages, Ulaanbaatar has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in June to August.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Cities
Cities in Mongolia
All 11 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Smaller places with an airport · 10
Airports
Airports in Mongolia
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Photographs
Mongolia in pictures
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its author, with its licence.
UlaanbaatarPhoto: Zazaa Mongolia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Mongolia
Tell us where in Mongolia, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.