Climate averages 1991–2020
Chongjin weather
in June.
A mild, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Chongjin: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 09 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ŏrang (40 km away). In June its highs average 20.5°C, 1.7°C warmer than Chongjin, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Chongjin ranks 38th of 38 for the warmest June highs and joint 23rd of 38 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 38 cities is 24.4°C; Chongjin is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 190 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Ŏrang in JuneNorth Korea · 40 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Hwasŏng in JuneNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Myŏnggan-dong in JuneNorth Korea · 77 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Ŭndŏk in JuneNorth Korea · 93 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Helong in JuneChina · 105 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 127 mm rain
- Longjing in JuneChina · 112 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Yanji in JuneChina · 124 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Hunchun in JuneChina · 128 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 80 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.