According to a nationwide general assessment for drought risk, Uvurkhangai, Bayan-Ulgii, Umnugobi, Khovd, and Dornogobi aimags were identified as high-risk for drought.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) conducted the assessment based on this year’s summer weather forecasts, drought outlook, statistics, and other data. As a result of the comprehensive assessment, the following aimags were evaluated as low-risk: Uvs, Zavkhan, Arkhangai, Gobi-Altai, Bayankhongor, Tuv, Uvurkhangai, Dornod, Dundgobi, Darkhan, Selenge, central Khentii, Bulgan, Khuvsgul, and Orkhon.
For 330 soums across 21 aimags, the risk for drought was classified as follows:
25 soums – very high;
52 – high;
130 – medium;
29 – low;
2 – very low.

Published Date:2025-07-31