# Bayan-Uul Soum, Govi-Altai Aimag – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/bayan-uul/ Soum · Govi-Altai Aimag # Bayan-Uul Bayan-Uul is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Govi-Altai Aimag. It covers **5,842.6 km²**. Its main town is Bayan. 5 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 4 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 5,843km² - 4mapped services - 1,848 mtypical elevation ## Where is Bayan-Uul? Bayan-Uul lies in [Govi-Altai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 7 other soums: [Aldarxaan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/aldarxaan/), [Darvi](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/darvi/), [Darvi](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/khovd/darvi/), [Do'rvoljin](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/do-rvoljin/), [Jargalan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/jargalan/), [Sharga](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/sharga/) and [Xo'xmorit](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/xo-xmorit/). By area it is the 78th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 4.1% of [Govi-Altai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/). The centre of Bayan-Uul is about 887 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 124 km from Altai, the main town of Govi-Altai Aimag. The centre point is at 47.1619° N, 95.1062° E. Local names: Баян-Уул . Source: [National Statistical Office of Mongolia via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-mng). ## Villages and localities in Bayan-Uul Open gazetteers list **5 villages, towns and localities** in Bayan-Uul. Settlements here lie between about 1,712 m and 2,335 m above sea level (median 1,848 m). - Bandan Dashiling Hüryee - Bayan - Bayan-Uul - Bichigt - Mogoyn Hüryee Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Bayan-Uul Named natural and historic features inside Bayan-Uul, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Hills and mountains 2 mountains; 2 mountain passes. - Namiin Dabaa · 2,539 m - Uulaiin Dabaa · 2,151 m - Bayan Uula · 1,508 m - Baga Hayrhan Uula · 1,328 m Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Bayan-Uul and the best time to visit In Bayan-Uul, the warmest month is Jul (average 20 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-16 °C). About 146 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (31 mm) and the driest Jan (2 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **May to September**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan -16 2 Feb -13 3 Mar -4 5 Apr 5 8 May 11 13 Jun 18 29 Jul 20 31 Aug 18 29 Sep 11 12 Oct 2 7 Nov -6 4 Dec -14 4 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Bayan-Uul Need Nearest mapped Distance Bank Төрийн банк · Bayan-Uul 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.99430&mlon=95.19945#map=17/46.99430/95.19945) School Сургууль · Bayan-Uul 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.99401&mlon=95.19611#map=17/46.99401/95.19611) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Bayan-Uul Places mapped inside Bayan-Uul in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Banks2 - Schools2 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Other soums in Govi-Altai Aimag - Altai - Biger - Bugat - Ceel - Chandmani - Cogt - Darvi - Delger - Erdene - Jargalan - Sharga - Taishir - To'grog - Tonkhil - Xaliun - Xo'xmorit - Yeso'nbulag ## Quick answers - Where is Bayan-Uul?In Govi-Altai Aimag, Mongolia - What borders Bayan-Uul?Aldarxaan, Darvi, Darvi, Do'rvoljin, Jargalan, Sharga and Xo'xmorit - How many villages are in Bayan-Uul?5 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Bayan-Uul?Settlements lie between 1,712 m and 2,335 m - What is the highest point in Bayan-Uul?Namiin Dabaa (2,539 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Bayan-Uul?May to September - Where is the nearest bank to Bayan-Uul?Төрийн банк, about 20 km from the centre - How many banks are in Bayan-Uul?2 mapped - What is the P-code of Bayan-Uul?MN8207 (OCHA common operational dataset)