Climate averages 1991–2020

Chongjin weather
in January.

A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high -3.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -11.9°C Night-time mean, January

Precipitation 40 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a freezing month in Chongjin: daytime highs average -3.9°C and nights cool to about -11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 31 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ŏrang (40 km away). In January its highs average -3.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Chongjin, with 40 mm of precipitation.

Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Chongjin ranks 34th of 38 for the warmest January highs and joint 36th of 38 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 38 cities is -1.0°C; Chongjin is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to -1.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 27 mm.

The annual picture

January 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

Chongjin climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Chongjin, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	-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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Chongjin

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 Chongjin) is explained once on the Chongjin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.