Climate averages 1991–2020
Hamhŭng weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Hamhŭng: daytime highs average 1.8°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hŭngnam (12 km away). In December its highs average 2.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Hamhŭng, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Hamhŭng ranks 22nd of 38 for the warmest December highs and 36th of 38 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 38 cities is 1.3°C; Hamhŭng is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to -0.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 44 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Hamhŭng 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-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 40 | 6.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.4°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 37 | 6.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 48 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 60 | 7.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 88 | 8.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 22.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 105 | 10.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 225 | 15.7 | 14.715 h |
| August | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 243 | 16.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 131 | 9.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 67 | 7.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.7°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 76 | 8.9 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 1.8°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 44 | 6.4 | 9.49 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
December in nearby cities
- Hŭngnam in DecemberNorth Korea · 12 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Hongwŏn in DecemberNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Sinp’o in DecemberNorth Korea · 58 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Wŏnsan in DecemberNorth Korea · 85 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in DecemberNorth Korea · 111 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -9.6°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Changam-ch’on in DecemberNorth Korea · 130 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -9.4°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Kanggye in DecemberNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -16.4°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Kaech’ŏn in DecemberNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -8.3°C · 30 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 Hamhŭng) is explained once on the Hamhŭng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.