Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanggye weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Kanggye: daytime highs average -1.7°C and nights cool to about -15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manp’o (32 km away). In February its highs average -0.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kanggye, with 23 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kanggye ranks joint 36th of 38 for the warmest February highs and joint 30th of 38 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 38 cities is 1.9°C; Kanggye is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 5.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 25 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | -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 | -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
February in nearby cities
- Manp’o in FebruaryNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -14.4°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Tonghua in FebruaryChina · 100 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -16.5°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Huanren in FebruaryChina · 107 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -14.0°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Baishan in FebruaryChina · 109 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -16.8°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Tŏkch’ŏn in FebruaryNorth Korea · 138 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -9.6°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Hyesan in FebruaryNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -17.6°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Hamhŭng in FebruaryNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -8.8°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kaech’ŏn in FebruaryNorth Korea · 153 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -8.1°C · 24 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.