Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanggye weather
in April.
A cool, 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 cool month in Kanggye: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manp’o (32 km away). In April its highs average 14.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Kanggye, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kanggye ranks 28th of 38 for the warmest April highs and 37th of 38 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 38 cities is 14.6°C; Kanggye is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 109 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
Kanggye climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.6°C-19.3°C | -19.3°C | 15 | 3.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | -1.7°C-15.5°C | -15.5°C | 25 | 5.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 5.1°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 42 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 13.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 69 | 10.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 109 | 13.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 127 | 15.0 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 252 | 18.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 207 | 15.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 95 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 62 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 4.6°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 54 | 8.5 | 9.910 h |
| December | -3.7°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 26 | 6.0 | 9.39 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
- Manp’o in AprilNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Tonghua in AprilChina · 100 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Huanren in AprilChina · 107 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Baishan in AprilChina · 109 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 0.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in AprilNorth Korea · 138 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Hyesan in AprilNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in AprilNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in AprilNorth Korea · 153 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 65 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 Kanggye) is explained once on the Kanggye year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.