Climate averages 1991–2020
Hongwŏn weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Hongwŏn: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sinp’o (20 km away). In August its highs average 24.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Hongwŏn, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Hongwŏn ranks joint 32nd of 38 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 38 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 38 cities is 27.1°C; Hongwŏn is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 182 mm to 102 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Hongwŏn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 30 | 5.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 25 | 5.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.8°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 30 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 46 | 6.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 74 | 7.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 22.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 74 | 7.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 25.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 172 | 12.2 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 25.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 182 | 12.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 102 | 8.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 51 | 6.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 56 | 8.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | 2.1°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 35 | 6.5 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Sinp’o in AugustNorth Korea · 20 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 175 mm rain
- Hŭngnam in AugustNorth Korea · 34 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 199 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in AugustNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 243 mm rain
- Changam-ch’on in AugustNorth Korea · 95 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 177 mm rain
- Wŏnsan in AugustNorth Korea · 106 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 255 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in AugustNorth Korea · 148 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 311 mm rain
- Hyesan in AugustNorth Korea · 154 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Kanggye in AugustNorth Korea · 156 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 207 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 Hongwŏn) is explained once on the Hongwŏn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.