Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanggye weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Kanggye: daytime highs average -3.7°C and nights cool to about -16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manp’o (32 km away). In December its highs average -3.3°C, about as warm as Kanggye, with 23 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kanggye ranks 37th of 38 for the warmest December highs and 24th of 38 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 38 cities is 1.3°C; Kanggye is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to -5.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 26 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | -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
December in nearby cities
- Manp’o in DecemberNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -14.9°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Tonghua in DecemberChina · 100 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -17.0°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Huanren in DecemberChina · 107 kmHigh -4.3°C · Low -14.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Baishan in DecemberChina · 109 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -17.4°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Tŏkch’ŏn in DecemberNorth Korea · 138 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -9.6°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Hyesan in DecemberNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -18.0°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Hamhŭng in DecemberNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -7.1°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Kaech’ŏn in DecemberNorth Korea · 153 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -8.3°C · 30 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 Kanggye) is explained once on the Kanggye year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.