Climate averages 1991–2020
Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp: daytime highs average 1.1°C and nights cool to about -6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haeju (21 km away). In January its highs average 0.7°C, about as warm as Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp, with 15 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp ranks 4th of 38 for the warmest January highs and joint 19th of 38 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 38 cities is -1.0°C; Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 3.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 15 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.1°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 15 | 3.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 3.5°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 21 | 3.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 8.4°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 30 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 57 | 6.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 94 | 7.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 112 | 8.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 284 | 14.6 | 14.515 h |
| August | 27.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 257 | 13.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 102 | 6.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 45 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 44 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.3°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 19 | 4.4 | 9.610 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Haeju in JanuaryNorth Korea · 21 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Pongch’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -7.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Paech’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -7.1°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Sinwŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 33 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -7.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Kangnyŏng in JanuaryNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.8°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Kaesŏng in JanuaryNorth Korea · 54 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -7.3°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 58 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Sariwŏn-si in JanuaryNorth Korea · 62 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -7.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp) is explained once on the Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.