Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaech’ŏn weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kaech’ŏn: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sunch’ŏn (30 km away). In May its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Kaech’ŏn, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kaech’ŏn ranks joint 11th of 38 for the warmest May highs and 37th of 38 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 38 cities is 20.2°C; Kaech’ŏn is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 136 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Kaech’ŏn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.4°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 15 | 3.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.6°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 24 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.9°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 34 | 5.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 65 | 7.7 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 21.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 112 | 9.6 | 14.314 h |
| June | 25.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 136 | 12.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 351 | 18.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 285 | 16.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 117 | 8.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 61 | 7.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.3°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 64 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.5°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 30 | 5.9 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Sunch’ŏn in MayNorth Korea · 30 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in MayNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 122 mm rain
- Paek'ak in MayNorth Korea · 36 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 97 mm rain
- P’yŏngsŏng in MayNorth Korea · 51 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Pyongyang in MayNorth Korea · 75 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in MayNorth Korea · 81 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Kangsŏn in MayNorth Korea · 89 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in MayNorth Korea · 106 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 89 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 Kaech’ŏn) is explained once on the Kaech’ŏn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.