Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaesŏng weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Kaesŏng: daytime highs average 1.4°C and nights cool to about -7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paech’ŏn-ŭp (22 km away). In January its highs average 1.2°C, about as warm as Kaesŏng, with 16 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kaesŏng ranks 1st of 38 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 38 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 38 cities is -1.0°C; Kaesŏng is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 4.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 16 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Paech’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 22 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -7.1°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Paju in JanuarySouth Korea · 30 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Pongch’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 35 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -7.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Gimpo-si in JanuarySouth Korea · 41 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -6.1°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Goyang-si in JanuarySouth Korea · 43 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.9°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Yangju in JanuarySouth Korea · 47 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Uijeongbu-si in JanuarySouth Korea · 50 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.9°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 54 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 15 mm precipitation
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.