Climate averages 1991–2020

Changam-ch’on weather
in August.

A warm, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.5°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 19.4°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall 177 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a warm month in Changam-ch’on: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sinp’o (80 km away). In August its highs average 24.7°C, 1.8°C cooler than Changam-ch’on, with 175 mm of rain.

Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Changam-ch’on ranks joint 27th of 38 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 38 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 38 cities is 27.1°C; Changam-ch’on is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 103 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Changam-ch’on climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Changam-ch’on, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	-1.1°C-12.3°C	-12.3°C	27	6.5	9.610 h
February	1.5°C-10.3°C	-10.3°C	23	5.6	10.611 h
March	6.8°C-4.3°C	-4.3°C	33	6.4	11.912 h
April	14.6°C2.9°C	2.9°C	44	7.3	13.313 h
May	20.0°C9.3°C	9.3°C	69	9.0	14.414 h
June	23.5°C14.6°C	14.6°C	71	9.0	15.015 h
July	26.3°C19.0°C	19.0°C	155	12.8	14.815 h
August, selected	26.5°C19.4°C	19.4°C	177	14.9	13.814 h
September	22.5°C13.9°C	13.9°C	103	8.9	12.513 h
October	16.7°C6.9°C	6.9°C	48	6.5	11.211 h
November	8.2°C-0.6°C	-0.6°C	45	6.9	10.010 h
December	0.9°C-9.4°C	-9.4°C	32	6.3	9.39 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

August in nearby cities

Distance from Changam-ch’on

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Changam-ch’on) is explained once on the Changam-ch’on year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.