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Ulaanbaatar is the coldest capital city in the world

Its average annual temperature sits close to freezing

Mongolia's capital lies at about 1,300 metres on a high plateau far from any ocean, so winters plunge below minus 30 degrees Celsius while summers stay mild. The annual mean is around zero, colder than any other national capital. The city's air quality in winter is among the worst anywhere because of coal heating.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Its average annual temperature sits close to freezing. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.