Overall Green Drought for Mongolia-2025 in Mongolia from 21 May 2025 00:00 UTC to 10 Sep 2025 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for Mongolia-2025

in Mongolia

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	Mongolia-2025
Countries:	Mongolia
Start Date:	End of May 2025
Duration:	103 days (at 10 Sep 2025)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 8218 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

As of 2025-09-01, this event integrated the drought event Mongolia-Siberia-2025.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.5	10 Aug 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 139842 km2	GDO
2	0.5	20 Aug 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 181709 km2	GDO
3	0.75	30 Aug 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 181709 km2	GDO
4	1.25	10 Sep 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 320098 km2	GDO
5	1.25	20 Sep 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 344592 km2	GDO
6	1	30 Sep 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 204286 km2	GDO
7	1	10 Oct 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 204286 km2	GDO
8	0.75	20 Oct 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 196069 km2	GDO
9	0.5	30 Oct 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 32709 km2	GDO
10	0.25	10 Nov 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 32709 km2	GDO
11	0.25	20 Nov 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 32709 km2	GDO
12	0.25	30 Nov 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 8218 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
China
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Russia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu	China
- Medium	Arxangai	Mongolia
- High	Bayan-O'lgii	Mongolia
- Medium	Bayanxongor	Mongolia
- High	Xovd	Mongolia
- High	Xo'vsgol	Mongolia
- Medium	Uvs	Mongolia
- High	Zavxan	Mongolia
- Medium	Altay Rep.	Russia
- Medium	Krasnoyarskiy Kray	Russia
- High	Tyva Rep.	Russia
- Medium	Vostochno-kazachstanskaya	Kazakhstan
- Medium	Bulgan	Mongolia
- Low	Orxon	Mongolia
- Medium	O'vorxangai	Mongolia
- Low	Selenge	Mongolia
- Low	To'v	Mongolia

More information

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