Climate averages 1991–2020
Man’gyŏngdae-ri weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Man’gyŏngdae-ri: daytime highs average -0.6°C and nights cool to about -9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kangsŏn (9 km away). In January its highs average -0.4°C, about as warm as Man’gyŏngdae-ri, with 12 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Man’gyŏngdae-ri ranks 22nd of 38 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 38 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 38 cities is -1.0°C; Man’gyŏngdae-ri is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 3.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 13 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Man’gyŏngdae-ri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -0.6°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 13 | 3.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.0°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 20 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.1°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 27 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 53 | 6.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 94 | 7.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 107 | 9.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 263 | 15.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 219 | 13.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 91 | 6.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 43 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.3°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 45 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.6°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 23 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kangsŏn in JanuaryNorth Korea · 9 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -8.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Pyongyang in JanuaryNorth Korea · 9 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -9.5°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Songnim-ni in JanuaryNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -8.4°C · 14 mm precipitation
- P’yŏngsŏng in JanuaryNorth Korea · 34 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -10.2°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Namp’o in JanuaryNorth Korea · 36 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -7.4°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Chaeryŏng-ni in JanuaryNorth Korea · 47 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -7.1°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 51 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -7.1°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Paek'ak in JanuaryNorth Korea · 53 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -10.8°C · 11 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 Man’gyŏngdae-ri) is explained once on the Man’gyŏngdae-ri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Pyongyang lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.