Climate averages 1991–2020
Chongjin weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Chongjin: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ŏrang (40 km away). In August its highs average 24.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Chongjin, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Chongjin ranks 38th of 38 for the warmest August highs and joint 19th of 38 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 38 cities is 27.1°C; Chongjin is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ŏrang in AugustNorth Korea · 40 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Hwasŏng in AugustNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Myŏnggan-dong in AugustNorth Korea · 77 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Ŭndŏk in AugustNorth Korea · 93 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 162 mm rain
- Helong in AugustChina · 105 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Longjing in AugustChina · 112 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Yanji in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 140 mm rain
- Hunchun in AugustChina · 128 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 148 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.