Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanggye weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Kanggye: daytime highs average 5.1°C and nights cool to about -6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manp’o (32 km away). In March its highs average 6.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Kanggye, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kanggye ranks 33rd of 38 for the warmest March highs and joint 36th of 38 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 38 cities is 7.6°C; Kanggye is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.6°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Manp’o in MarchNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -5.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Tonghua in MarchChina · 100 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Huanren in MarchChina · 107 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -5.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Baishan in MarchChina · 109 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -8.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in MarchNorth Korea · 138 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Hyesan in MarchNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -9.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in MarchNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in MarchNorth Korea · 153 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -2.2°C · 34 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.