Climate averages 1991–2020
Chongjin weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Chongjin: daytime highs average 10.4°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ŏrang (40 km away). In April its highs average 11.8°C, 1.5°C warmer than Chongjin, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Chongjin ranks 38th of 38 for the warmest April highs and joint 19th of 38 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 38 cities is 14.6°C; Chongjin is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 96 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
Chongjin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 40 | 9.2 | 9.510 h |
| February | -1.7°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 27 | 5.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 3.5°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 35 | 7.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 10.4°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 52 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 15.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 96 | 12.9 | 14.515 h |
| June | 18.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 106 | 13.3 | 15.215 h |
| July | 22.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 190 | 17.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 23.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 215 | 18.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 20.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 121 | 11.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 59 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.4°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 60 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | -1.1°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 58 | 11.2 | 9.29 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
- Ŏrang in AprilNorth Korea · 40 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Hwasŏng in AprilNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Myŏnggan-dong in AprilNorth Korea · 77 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Ŭndŏk in AprilNorth Korea · 93 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Helong in AprilChina · 105 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 0.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Longjing in AprilChina · 112 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low -0.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Yanji in AprilChina · 124 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Hunchun in AprilChina · 128 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 43 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 Chongjin) is explained once on the Chongjin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.