Climate averages 1991–2020
Hamhŭng weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Hamhŭng: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hŭngnam (12 km away). In October its highs average 16.6°C, about as warm as Hamhŭng, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Hamhŭng ranks 28th of 38 for the warmest October highs and 36th of 38 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 38 cities is 16.9°C; Hamhŭng is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.8°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Hŭngnam in OctoberNorth Korea · 12 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Hongwŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Sinp’o in OctoberNorth Korea · 58 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Wŏnsan in OctoberNorth Korea · 85 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 111 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Changam-ch’on in OctoberNorth Korea · 130 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Kanggye in OctoberNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 61 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.