30 March 2015

This past weekend, in the night from Friday to Saturday, Mongolia decided to switch to daylight saving time. Unlike what happens in France, this is a novelty here—or rather, the reinstatement of a system that existed just nine years ago. If memory serves, the last time Mongolia switched to daylight saving time was in 2006... and now it's happening again in 2015!

Travellers should have already received an email informing them of the flight schedule changes. You'll arrive and depart from Mongolia an hour later. While this might seem slightly insignificant, it's actually genuinely good news for those visiting the country this summer. During summer circuits, the sun was rising early, around 5:00 AM, and setting around 9:00 PM. You'll now enjoy sunlight starting at 6:00 AM, but it will accompany you until 10:00 PM in the evening. With temperatures dropping rapidly at night, this will pleasantly extend your evening hours.

Personally, I regretted that the country had cancelled the time change from 2007 onwards, so I welcomed this news with great pleasure. Mongolia thus maintains a 7-hour time difference with France throughout the year.

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Charlène Nomadays

As an SEO writer from Nomadays' earliest days, now content manager and head of communications, Charlène has accompanied the adventure from the start with passion and loyalty. After spending seven years in Asia—from China to Thailand, passing through Mongolia and South Korea—she has made travel a way of being in the world. A lover of words, nature, and human connection, she strives to convey in her writing a sensitive, engaged, and responsible vision of tourism. For her, each article is a bridge between curiosity, respect, and wonder.