Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in North Korea.

ClimaNote covers 38 cities in North Korea, starting with Pyongyang, Hamhŭng and Namp’o. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 9.9°C in Hyesan to 16.2°C in Kaesŏng, and yearly precipitation from 774 mm in Ŭndŏk to 1,423 mm in Tŏkch’ŏn. The hottest city-month is August in Kaesŏng, with an average high of 28.6°C (tied with August in Sinch’ŏn-ŭp), and the coolest is January in Hyesan, at -8.0°C. By single month, the most precipitation falls in July in Tŏkch’ŏn, with 385 mm, and the least in January in Hyesan, with 10 mm.

August is the warmest month in 35 cities and July in 3; January is the coolest in every city. July is the wettest month in 27 cities and August in 11; January is the driest in 27 cities and February in 10 (in 1 other city two or more months tie). Of these cities, all have a month with an average high below 2.0°C and 4 have a month with more than 300 mm of precipitation; none has a month with under 1 mm of precipitation.