Climate averages 1991–2020
Myŏnggan-dong weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Myŏnggan-dong: daytime highs average -1.1°C and nights cool to about -12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hwasŏng (13 km away). In February its highs average -0.9°C, about as warm as Myŏnggan-dong, with 24 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Myŏnggan-dong ranks 34th of 38 for the warmest February highs and joint 26th of 38 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 38 cities is 1.9°C; Myŏnggan-dong is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 4.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 24 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | -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 | -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
February in nearby cities
- Hwasŏng in FebruaryNorth Korea · 13 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -12.2°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Ŏrang in FebruaryNorth Korea · 37 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -9.9°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Chongjin in FebruaryNorth Korea · 77 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -10.1°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Changam-ch’on in FebruaryNorth Korea · 84 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -10.3°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Hyesan in FebruaryNorth Korea · 114 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -17.6°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Helong in FebruaryChina · 161 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -16.6°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Sinp’o in FebruaryNorth Korea · 164 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -5.8°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Ŭndŏk in FebruaryNorth Korea · 169 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -11.6°C · 13 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.