Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanggye weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Kanggye: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 48 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manp’o (32 km away). In July its highs average 27.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Kanggye, with 266 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kanggye ranks 22nd of 38 for the warmest July highs and 22nd of 38 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 38 cities is 26.7°C; Kanggye is level with that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 252 mm to 207 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Manp’o in JulyNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 266 mm rain
- Tonghua in JulyChina · 100 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 201 mm rain
- Huanren in JulyChina · 107 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 221 mm rain
- Baishan in JulyChina · 109 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 234 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in JulyNorth Korea · 138 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 385 mm rain
- Hyesan in JulyNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 164 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in JulyNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in JulyNorth Korea · 153 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 351 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.