Climate averages 1991–2020
Manp’o weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Manp’o: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kanggye (32 km away). In May its highs average 20.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Manp’o, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Manp’o ranks joint 18th of 38 for the warmest May highs and 36th of 38 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 38 cities is 20.2°C; Manp’o is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 111 mm to 139 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kanggye in MayNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Tonghua in MayChina · 70 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Huanren in MayChina · 78 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Baishan in MayChina · 88 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Kuandian in MayChina · 135 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in MayNorth Korea · 156 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 122 mm rain
- Hyesan in MayNorth Korea · 160 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Meihekou in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 77 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.