Climate averages 1991–2020
Hyesan weather
in November.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Hyesan: daytime highs average 2.5°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changam-ch’on (102 km away). In November its highs average 8.2°C, 5.7°C warmer than Hyesan, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Hyesan ranks 38th of 38 for the warmest November highs and 2nd of 38 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 38 cities is 8.6°C; Hyesan is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 8.5°C to -6.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 38 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Changam-ch’on in NovemberNorth Korea · 102 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Hwasŏng in NovemberNorth Korea · 111 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Myŏnggan-dong in NovemberNorth Korea · 114 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Ŏrang in NovemberNorth Korea · 123 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 0.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Chongjin in NovemberNorth Korea · 140 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Kanggye in NovemberNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -5.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Helong in NovemberChina · 144 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -6.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Sinp’o in NovemberNorth Korea · 151 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 58 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.