Climate averages 1991–2020
Myŏnggan-dong weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Myŏnggan-dong: daytime highs average -0.9°C and nights cool to about -9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hwasŏng (13 km away). In December its highs average -0.7°C, about as warm as Myŏnggan-dong, with 40 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Myŏnggan-dong ranks 33rd of 38 for the warmest December highs and joint 33rd of 38 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 38 cities is 1.3°C; Myŏnggan-dong is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.7°C to -3.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 26 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
Myŏnggan-dong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.6°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | -1.1°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 24 | 5.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 4.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 31 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 47 | 7.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 73 | 11.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 22.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 77 | 12.5 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 143 | 15.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 25.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 173 | 16.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 109 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 55 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.5°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 50 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | -0.9°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 40 | 8.8 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Hwasŏng in DecemberNorth Korea · 13 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -9.2°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Ŏrang in DecemberNorth Korea · 37 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -6.7°C · 62 mm precipitation
- Chongjin in DecemberNorth Korea · 77 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -8.2°C · 58 mm precipitation
- Changam-ch’on in DecemberNorth Korea · 84 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -9.4°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Hyesan in DecemberNorth Korea · 114 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -18.0°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Helong in DecemberChina · 161 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -16.2°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Sinp’o in DecemberNorth Korea · 164 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Ŭndŏk in DecemberNorth Korea · 169 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -11.2°C · 14 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 Myŏnggan-dong) is explained once on the Myŏnggan-dong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Hwasŏng lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.