Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangsŏn weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kangsŏn: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Man’gyŏngdae-ri (9 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as Kangsŏn, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kangsŏn ranks joint 8th of 38 for the warmest May highs and joint 25th of 38 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 38 cities is 20.2°C; Kangsŏn is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 106 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in MayNorth Korea · 9 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Pyongyang in MayNorth Korea · 18 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in MayNorth Korea · 20 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Namp’o in MayNorth Korea · 27 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Chaeryŏng-ni in MayNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 89 mm rain
- P’yŏngsŏng in MayNorth Korea · 43 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp in MayNorth Korea · 43 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Sariwŏn-si in MayNorth Korea · 50 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 85 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.