Climate averages 1991–2020
Manp’o weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Manp’o: daytime highs average 6.3°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kanggye (32 km away). In March its highs average 5.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Manp’o, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Manp’o ranks joint 30th of 38 for the warmest March highs and 34th of 38 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 38 cities is 7.6°C; Manp’o is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.6°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Manp’o climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.0°C-18.6°C | -18.6°C | 13 | 3.3 | 9.610 h |
| February | -0.9°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 23 | 4.7 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 6.3°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 39 | 7.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 68 | 10.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.1°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 111 | 13.1 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 139 | 15.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 266 | 18.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 226 | 16.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 95 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 62 | 8.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 5.2°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 52 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | -3.3°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 23 | 5.5 | 9.39 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
March in nearby cities
- Kanggye in MarchNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -6.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Tonghua in MarchChina · 70 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Huanren in MarchChina · 78 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -5.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Baishan in MarchChina · 88 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -8.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Kuandian in MarchChina · 135 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in MarchNorth Korea · 156 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Hyesan in MarchNorth Korea · 160 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -9.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Meihekou in MarchChina · 161 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -7.0°C · 28 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 Manp’o) is explained once on the Manp’o year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.