• The manul lives at an altitude up to 5500 meters, and the highest recorded altitude of its habitat is over 5500 meters on the Tibetan Plateau. On average, it climbs to 4800 m.
• The manul lives at an altitude up to 5500 m and avoids deep snow cover, preferring areas where snow depth does not exceed 15–20 cm. In such conditions, it moves and hides better from predators.

Pallas's cats inhabit elevations from 300 meters to 4 kilometers above sea level and are found across a variety of biomes, including temperate steppes with abundant grass and few trees, deserts and dry scrublands characterized by intense heat and infrequent rainfall where cacti thrive, and high-altitude meadows that are cold and grassy. The species occupies landscapes such as terrestrial forests, grasslands, steppes, and herbaceous areas, as well as highlands, tundra, deserts, and semi-deserts. Pallas's cats live in a cold steppe environment that is dry with cold winters and abundant grass, and also in regions that are very dry, cold and nearly dry for most of the year. Summers are cool, with temperatures ranging from 15 to 20 degrees Celsius, and precipitation is scarce in winter but more plentiful in summer.