Climate averages 1991–2020
Kwail-ŭp weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kwail-ŭp: daytime highs average 3.5°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ŭllyul (17 km away). In December its highs average 3.1°C, about as warm as Kwail-ŭp, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Kwail-ŭp ranks 2nd of 38 for the warmest December highs and 25th of 38 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 38 cities is 1.3°C; Kwail-ŭp is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 27 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Kwail-ŭp climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 15 | 3.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 2.6°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 7.0°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 24 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 46 | 6.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 17.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 84 | 7.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 22.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 87 | 8.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 220 | 13.6 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 188 | 11.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 85 | 6.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 43 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 48 | 7.7 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 3.5°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 27 | 6.6 | 9.510 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
December in nearby cities
- Ŭllyul in DecemberNorth Korea · 17 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Samch’ŏn in DecemberNorth Korea · 28 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Chaeryŏng-ni in DecemberNorth Korea · 37 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -4.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp in DecemberNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭp in DecemberNorth Korea · 42 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -5.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Namp’o in DecemberNorth Korea · 47 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sariwŏn-si in DecemberNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in DecemberNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -5.8°C · 22 mm precipitation
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 Kwail-ŭp) is explained once on the Kwail-ŭp year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.