Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaesŏng weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Kaesŏng: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paech’ŏn-ŭp (22 km away). In February its highs average 4.1°C, about as warm as Kaesŏng, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kaesŏng ranks 1st of 38 for the warmest February highs and joint 23rd of 38 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 38 cities is 1.9°C; Kaesŏng is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Paech’ŏn-ŭp in FebruaryNorth Korea · 22 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -5.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Paju in FebruarySouth Korea · 30 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -5.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Pongch’ŏn-ŭp in FebruaryNorth Korea · 35 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -5.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Gimpo-si in FebruarySouth Korea · 41 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -4.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Goyang-si in FebruarySouth Korea · 43 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Yangju in FebruarySouth Korea · 47 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Uijeongbu-si in FebruarySouth Korea · 50 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in FebruaryNorth Korea · 54 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -4.3°C · 21 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.