Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaesŏng weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Kaesŏng: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paech’ŏn-ŭp (22 km away). In April its highs average 15.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kaesŏng, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kaesŏng ranks joint 1st of 38 for the warmest April highs and 32nd of 38 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 38 cities is 14.6°C; Kaesŏng is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 99 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kaesŏng 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-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 16 | 3.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.5°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 23 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.0°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 33 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 61 | 7.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 99 | 8.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 124 | 9.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 301 | 16.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 273 | 15.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 116 | 7.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 50 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.4°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 45 | 6.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.2°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 21 | 4.5 | 9.610 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
April in nearby cities
- Paech’ŏn-ŭp in AprilNorth Korea · 22 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Paju in AprilSouth Korea · 30 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Pongch’ŏn-ŭp in AprilNorth Korea · 35 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Gimpo-si in AprilSouth Korea · 41 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Goyang-si in AprilSouth Korea · 43 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Yangju in AprilSouth Korea · 47 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Uijeongbu-si in AprilSouth Korea · 50 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in AprilNorth Korea · 54 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 57 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 Kaesŏng) is explained once on the Kaesŏng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.