Climate averages 1991–2020

Changam-ch’on weather
in July.

A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 26.3°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 19.0°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 155 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Changam-ch’on: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 46 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sinp’o (80 km away). In July its highs average 23.9°C, 2.4°C cooler than Changam-ch’on, with 169 mm of rain.

Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Changam-ch’on ranks joint 24th of 38 for the warmest July highs and joint 4th of 38 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 38 cities is 26.7°C; Changam-ch’on is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 155 mm to 177 mm.

The annual picture

July 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, selected	26.3°C19.0°C	19.0°C	155	12.8	14.815 h
August	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

July 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.