Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaesŏng weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Kaesŏng: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes June a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 45 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paech’ŏn-ŭp (22 km away). In June its highs average 25.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kaesŏng, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kaesŏng ranks joint 4th of 38 for the warmest June highs and 33rd of 38 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 38 cities is 24.4°C; Kaesŏng is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 301 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Paech’ŏn-ŭp in JuneNorth Korea · 22 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 119 mm rain
- Paju in JuneSouth Korea · 30 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Pongch’ŏn-ŭp in JuneNorth Korea · 35 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 119 mm rain
- Gimpo-si in JuneSouth Korea · 41 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Goyang-si in JuneSouth Korea · 43 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Yangju in JuneSouth Korea · 47 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 123 mm rain
- Uijeongbu-si in JuneSouth Korea · 50 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in JuneNorth Korea · 54 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 112 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.