Climate averages 1991–2020
Hyesan weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Hyesan: daytime highs average -4.2°C and nights cool to about -17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changam-ch’on (102 km away). In February its highs average 1.5°C, 5.7°C warmer than Hyesan, with 23 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Hyesan ranks 38th of 38 for the warmest February highs and joint 2nd of 38 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 38 cities is 1.9°C; Hyesan is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 2.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 18 mm to 33 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
Hyesan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.0°C-20.9°C | -20.9°C | 10 | 3.1 | 9.610 h |
| February, selected | -4.2°C-17.6°C | -17.6°C | 18 | 4.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 2.3°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 33 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 56 | 10.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 95 | 14.9 | 14.514 h |
| June | 22.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 97 | 15.5 | 15.115 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 164 | 17.3 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 136 | 14.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 19.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 70 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 12.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 43 | 7.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.5°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 38 | 7.7 | 9.910 h |
| December | -6.0°C-18.0°C | -18.0°C | 18 | 5.2 | 9.29 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
- Changam-ch’on in FebruaryNorth Korea · 102 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -10.3°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Hwasŏng in FebruaryNorth Korea · 111 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -12.2°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Myŏnggan-dong in FebruaryNorth Korea · 114 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -12.1°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Ŏrang in FebruaryNorth Korea · 123 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -9.9°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Chongjin in FebruaryNorth Korea · 140 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -10.1°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Kanggye in FebruaryNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -15.5°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Helong in FebruaryChina · 144 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -16.6°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Sinp’o in FebruaryNorth Korea · 151 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -5.8°C · 26 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 Hyesan) is explained once on the Hyesan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.