Climate averages 1991–2020
Hŭngnam weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Hŭngnam: daytime highs average 0.1°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamhŭng (12 km away). In January its highs average -0.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Hŭngnam, with 40 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Hŭngnam ranks 15th of 38 for the warmest January highs and 33rd of 38 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 38 cities is -1.0°C; Hŭngnam is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 1.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 31 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Hŭngnam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.1°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 31 | 6.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 26 | 4.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.8°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 30 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 51 | 6.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 83 | 7.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 21.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 83 | 7.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 25.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 190 | 12.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 25.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 199 | 12.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 115 | 7.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 59 | 6.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 66 | 8.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | 2.7°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 35 | 6.0 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Hamhŭng in JanuaryNorth Korea · 12 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -10.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Hongwŏn in JanuaryNorth Korea · 34 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -9.2°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Sinp’o in JanuaryNorth Korea · 53 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -7.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Wŏnsan in JanuaryNorth Korea · 78 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Tŏkch’ŏn in JanuaryNorth Korea · 118 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -14.0°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Changam-ch’on in JanuaryNorth Korea · 129 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -12.3°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Kaech’ŏn in JanuaryNorth Korea · 149 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Sunch’ŏn in JanuaryNorth Korea · 152 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -11.2°C · 14 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 Hŭngnam) is explained once on the Hŭngnam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.