Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangsŏn weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Kangsŏn: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes June a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 51 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Man’gyŏngdae-ri (9 km away). In June its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Kangsŏn, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kangsŏn ranks joint 9th of 38 for the warmest June highs and joint 23rd of 38 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 38 cities is 24.4°C; Kangsŏn is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 260 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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 | 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
June in nearby cities
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in JuneNorth Korea · 9 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Pyongyang in JuneNorth Korea · 18 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in JuneNorth Korea · 20 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Namp’o in JuneNorth Korea · 27 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 99 mm rain
- Chaeryŏng-ni in JuneNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 95 mm rain
- P’yŏngsŏng in JuneNorth Korea · 43 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp in JuneNorth Korea · 43 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Sariwŏn-si in JuneNorth Korea · 50 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 98 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.