Useful information

Phone numbers inquiry - 109.
The Buyanat-Uha airport in Ulan-Bator inquiry - 116.
National Tourist Agency of Mongolia - (11) 318-099.
Emergency services

Militia - 102.
Ambulance - 103.
Fire protection - 101.

Time

5-6 hours ahead of Moscow time zone, switching to seasonal time is performed almost simultaneously with the Russian Federation.

Transportation in Mongolia

There are automobile, railroad, water (river), and air types of transportation in Mongolia. There are two major railroad lines in Mongolia: the Choibasan-Borzya railroad connects Mongolia with Russia, and Trans-Mongolian railroad passing through Ulan-Bator connects it to China and Russia.

Money in Mongolia

Tugrik (international designation is MNT, inside the country – Tg or Tug). There are bills for 10000, 5000, 1000, 500, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 3, and 1 tugriks, and coins for 200, 100, 50, and 20 tugriks. The USA Dollars are unofficially widely accepted all over the country. Russian Rubles are accepted only in some stores and sometimes at the markets.

Banks and Currency exchange

Banks and currency exchange offices work from 9:00-9:30 until 12:30 and from 14:00 until 15:00-17:00. You can exchange currency in official banks in the capital and specialized currency exchange offices seen almost everywhere in major cities or in some hotels. The USA Dollars are the easiest money for exchange operations (bills issued before 1988 are accepted for exchange). It is almost impossible to exchange currency outside of cities.

Using credit cards and travel checks is possible only in the capital.

Communications in Mongolia

International telephone code – 976. Cell number connection from a stationary phone – 96 (AMPS) and 99 (GSM).

Cell Networks

GSM 900/1800 and CDMA network is being developed by the first provider of the country, the Mobicom, that provides services in Ulan-Bator, Darhan, Erdenet and 10 other cities.