Climate averages 1991–2020
Chongjin weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Chongjin: daytime highs average -1.7°C and nights cool to about -10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 34 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ŏrang (40 km away). In February its highs average -1.2°C, about as warm as Chongjin, with 27 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Chongjin ranks joint 36th of 38 for the warmest February highs and joint 34th of 38 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 38 cities is 1.9°C; Chongjin is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 3.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 27 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | -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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Ŏrang in FebruaryNorth Korea · 40 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -9.9°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Hwasŏng in FebruaryNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -12.2°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Myŏnggan-dong in FebruaryNorth Korea · 77 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -12.1°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Ŭndŏk in FebruaryNorth Korea · 93 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -11.6°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Helong in FebruaryChina · 105 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -16.6°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Longjing in FebruaryChina · 112 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -14.7°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Yanji in FebruaryChina · 124 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -14.3°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Hunchun in FebruaryChina · 128 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -13.5°C · 12 mm precipitation
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.