Climate averages 1991–2020
Haeju weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Haeju: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp (21 km away). In February its highs average 3.5°C, about as warm as Haeju, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Haeju ranks joint 12th of 38 for the warmest February highs and joint 14th of 38 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 38 cities is 1.9°C; Haeju is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 8.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 29 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
Haeju climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 15 | 3.2 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 3.0°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 8.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 55 | 6.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 92 | 7.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 105 | 8.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 26.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 271 | 14.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 241 | 13.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 97 | 6.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 43 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 43 | 6.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 19 | 4.3 | 9.610 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
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in FebruaryNorth Korea · 21 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -4.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Sinwŏn-ŭp in FebruaryNorth Korea · 22 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -5.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Kangnyŏng in FebruaryNorth Korea · 23 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭp in FebruaryNorth Korea · 40 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -5.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Pongch’ŏn-ŭp in FebruaryNorth Korea · 44 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -5.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Samch’ŏn in FebruaryNorth Korea · 49 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -5.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Paech’ŏn-ŭp in FebruaryNorth Korea · 52 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -5.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Sariwŏn-si in FebruaryNorth Korea · 52 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 19 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 Haeju) is explained once on the Haeju year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.