Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanggye weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kanggye: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manp’o (32 km away). In May its highs average 21.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Kanggye, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kanggye ranks joint 23rd of 38 for the warmest May highs and 35th of 38 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 38 cities is 20.2°C; Kanggye is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 127 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Manp’o in MayNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Tonghua in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Huanren in MayChina · 107 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Baishan in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in MayNorth Korea · 138 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 122 mm rain
- Hyesan in MayNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in MayNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in MayNorth Korea · 153 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 112 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.