Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanggye weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kanggye: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 207 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manp’o (32 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kanggye, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kanggye ranks joint 27th of 38 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 38 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 38 cities is 27.1°C; Kanggye is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 207 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Manp’o in AugustNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 226 mm rain
- Tonghua in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 201 mm rain
- Huanren in AugustChina · 107 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 230 mm rain
- Baishan in AugustChina · 109 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 217 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in AugustNorth Korea · 138 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 311 mm rain
- Hyesan in AugustNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in AugustNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 243 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in AugustNorth Korea · 153 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 285 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.