Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanggye weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Kanggye: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes June a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 04 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manp’o (32 km away). In June its highs average 25.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Kanggye, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kanggye ranks 22nd of 38 for the warmest June highs and 34th of 38 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 38 cities is 24.4°C; Kanggye is level with that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 127 mm to 252 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Manp’o in JuneNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 139 mm rain
- Tonghua in JuneChina · 100 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Huanren in JuneChina · 107 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 131 mm rain
- Baishan in JuneChina · 109 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 154 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in JuneNorth Korea · 138 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 148 mm rain
- Hyesan in JuneNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in JuneNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in JuneNorth Korea · 153 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 136 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.