Climate averages 1991–2020
Hyesan weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Hyesan: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes June a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 07 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changam-ch’on (102 km away). In June its highs average 23.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Hyesan, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Hyesan ranks 32nd of 38 for the warmest June highs and joint 15th of 38 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 38 cities is 24.4°C; Hyesan is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 164 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | -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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Changam-ch’on in JuneNorth Korea · 102 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Hwasŏng in JuneNorth Korea · 111 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Myŏnggan-dong in JuneNorth Korea · 114 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Ŏrang in JuneNorth Korea · 123 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Chongjin in JuneNorth Korea · 140 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Kanggye in JuneNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Helong in JuneChina · 144 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 127 mm rain
- Sinp’o in JuneNorth Korea · 151 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 74 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 Hyesan) is explained once on the Hyesan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.