Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaesŏng weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Kaesŏng: daytime highs average 10.4°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paech’ŏn-ŭp (22 km away). In November its highs average 10.3°C, about as warm as Kaesŏng, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kaesŏng ranks joint 1st of 38 for the warmest November highs and joint 14th of 38 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 38 cities is 8.6°C; Kaesŏng is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 3.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Paech’ŏn-ŭp in NovemberNorth Korea · 22 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Paju in NovemberSouth Korea · 30 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Pongch’ŏn-ŭp in NovemberNorth Korea · 35 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Gimpo-si in NovemberSouth Korea · 41 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Goyang-si in NovemberSouth Korea · 43 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 2.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Yangju in NovemberSouth Korea · 47 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Uijeongbu-si in NovemberSouth Korea · 50 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in NovemberNorth Korea · 54 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 44 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.