Climate averages 1991–2020
Chongjin weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Chongjin: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 53 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ŏrang (40 km away). In July its highs average 23.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Chongjin, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Chongjin ranks 38th of 38 for the warmest July highs and joint 9th of 38 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 38 cities is 26.7°C; Chongjin is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 190 mm to 215 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Ŏrang in JulyNorth Korea · 40 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 148 mm rain
- Hwasŏng in JulyNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Myŏnggan-dong in JulyNorth Korea · 77 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Ŭndŏk in JulyNorth Korea · 93 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 155 mm rain
- Helong in JulyChina · 105 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 177 mm rain
- Longjing in JulyChina · 112 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Yanji in JulyChina · 124 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 150 mm rain
- Hunchun in JulyChina · 128 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 147 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.