| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −7h | Becomes −8h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −6h | Becomes −7h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −4h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +1h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +2h | Becomes +3h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −12h | Becomes −13h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −15h | Becomes −16h on 1 Nov |
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia runs on UTC+8. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Ulaanbaatar and New York is 12 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Ulaanbaatar and London is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Ulaanbaatar lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Ulaanbaatar and Tokyo is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Ulaanbaatar lines up with 10:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Ulaanbaatar.
Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) is home to roughly 1.6M people. Today brings about 11.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:50, sunset at 18:34. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 48° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Mongolia
Capital
Ulaanbaatar 👑
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Ulaanbaatar
Coordinates
47.92°N, 106.92°E
Currency
MNT (₮)
Calling Code
+976
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mongolian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Ulaanbaatar's annual mean temperature is roughly −0.4°C, the lowest of any national capital. January averages sit near −24°C, and the winter smog from coal-burning ger district stoves regularly makes it one of the most polluted cities on Earth.
The clock: Mongolia keeps UTC+8, and has switched daylight saving on and off repeatedly — most recently abandoning it again in 2017.
Ulaanbaatar lies at 106.9°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 13.1° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 52 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:52 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+8 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 16h 2m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 8h 23m. The swing between them is 7h 39m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Ulaanbaatar the sun comes up earliest on 17 June at 04:52, while the latest sunset waits until 27 June at 20:56. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Ulaanbaatar that civil twilight runs about 31 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 41 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia is Asia/Ulaanbaatar with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Ulaanbaatar has an estimated population of 1.6M and is located at coordinates 47.92°N, 106.92°E. It is the capital city of Mongolia.
Ulaanbaatar gets 16h 2m of daylight on its longest day and 8h 23m on its shortest, averaging 12h 15m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Ulaanbaatar falls at about 12:52 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 13.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Coldest Capital in the World: Ulaanbaatar's annual mean temperature is roughly −0.4°C, the lowest of any national capital.