Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangnyŏng weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kangnyŏng: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 229 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haeju (23 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kangnyŏng, with 241 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kangnyŏng ranks joint 24th of 38 for the warmest August highs and 27th of 38 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 38 cities is 27.1°C; Kangnyŏng is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 229 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Kangnyŏng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 15 | 3.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 3.0°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 7.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 28 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 53 | 6.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 17.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 88 | 7.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 22.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 97 | 8.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 25.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 253 | 13.5 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 26.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 229 | 12.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 93 | 6.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 40 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 42 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.9°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 20 | 4.9 | 9.610 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
August in nearby cities
- Haeju in AugustNorth Korea · 23 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 241 mm rain
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Sinwŏn-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 43 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 225 mm rain
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 50 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 215 mm rain
- Samch’ŏn in AugustNorth Korea · 53 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Pongch’ŏn-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 266 mm rain
- Paech’ŏn-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 70 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 266 mm rain
- Sariwŏn-si in AugustNorth Korea · 70 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 211 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 Kangnyŏng) is explained once on the Kangnyŏng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.