Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangsŏn weather
in August.
A hot, 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 hot month in Kangsŏn: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 216 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 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Man’gyŏngdae-ri (9 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Kangsŏn, with 219 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kangsŏn ranks joint 12th of 38 for the warmest August highs and 21st of 38 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 38 cities is 27.1°C; Kangsŏn is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 216 mm to 94 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
Kangsŏn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 12 | 3.0 | 9.810 h |
| February | 2.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 19 | 3.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 52 | 6.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 95 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 106 | 9.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 260 | 15.5 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 216 | 13.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.3°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 94 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 45 | 6.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 45 | 7.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.9°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 24 | 5.5 | 9.59 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
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in AugustNorth Korea · 9 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 219 mm rain
- Pyongyang in AugustNorth Korea · 18 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 219 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in AugustNorth Korea · 20 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 210 mm rain
- Namp’o in AugustNorth Korea · 27 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 205 mm rain
- Chaeryŏng-ni in AugustNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 193 mm rain
- P’yŏngsŏng in AugustNorth Korea · 43 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 43 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 204 mm rain
- Sariwŏn-si in AugustNorth Korea · 50 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 Kangsŏn) is explained once on the Kangsŏn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.