Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanggye weather
in September.
A mild, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Kanggye: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manp’o (32 km away). In September its highs average 22.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Kanggye, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kanggye ranks joint 29th of 38 for the warmest September highs and joint 17th of 38 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 38 cities is 23.2°C; Kanggye is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.6°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Manp’o in SeptemberNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Tonghua in SeptemberChina · 100 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Huanren in SeptemberChina · 107 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Baishan in SeptemberChina · 109 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in SeptemberNorth Korea · 138 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Hyesan in SeptemberNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in SeptemberNorth Korea · 142 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in SeptemberNorth Korea · 153 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 117 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.