Climate averages 1991–2020
Chaeryŏng-ni weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Chaeryŏng-ni: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Namp’o (15 km away). In April its highs average 15.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Chaeryŏng-ni, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Chaeryŏng-ni ranks joint 18th of 38 for the warmest April highs and joint 10th of 38 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 38 cities is 14.6°C; Chaeryŏng-ni is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Chaeryŏng-ni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.1°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 13 | 3.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 2.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.2°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 6.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 89 | 7.2 | 14.314 h |
| June | 25.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 95 | 8.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 27.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 233 | 14.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 193 | 11.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 88 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 43 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 46 | 7.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 24 | 5.6 | 9.510 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
April in nearby cities
- Namp’o in AprilNorth Korea · 15 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Ŭllyul in AprilNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp in AprilNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in AprilNorth Korea · 36 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Kwail-ŭp in AprilNorth Korea · 37 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Kangsŏn in AprilNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Samch’ŏn in AprilNorth Korea · 43 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in AprilNorth Korea · 47 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 53 mm rain
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 Chaeryŏng-ni) is explained once on the Chaeryŏng-ni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.