Original: Due to its high elevation , relatively high latitude , and location hundreds of kilometres from any coast , Ulan Bator is the coldest national capital in the world , with a monsoon-influenced cold temperate desert climate ( Koppen climate classification , Bwk ) with brief , warm summers and long , very cold and dry winters .
Simplified: For this high elevation , and for the high latitude , and location hundreds of kilometres from any coast , Ulan Bator is the coldest national capital in the world , with a subarctic climate .