Climate averages 1991–2020
Hamhŭng weather
in February.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Hamhŭng: daytime highs average 1.4°C and nights cool to about -8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hŭngnam (12 km away). In February its highs average 1.9°C, about as warm as Hamhŭng, with 26 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Hamhŭng ranks 28th of 38 for the warmest February highs and 38th of 38 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 38 cities is 1.9°C; Hamhŭng is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 6.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 37 mm to 48 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Hŭngnam in FebruaryNorth Korea · 12 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.0°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Hongwŏn in FebruaryNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -7.4°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Sinp’o in FebruaryNorth Korea · 58 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -5.8°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Wŏnsan in FebruaryNorth Korea · 85 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -5.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in FebruaryNorth Korea · 111 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -9.6°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Changam-ch’on in FebruaryNorth Korea · 130 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -10.3°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Kanggye in FebruaryNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -15.5°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Kaech’ŏn in FebruaryNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -8.1°C · 24 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 Hamhŭng) is explained once on the Hamhŭng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.