Climate averages 1991–2020
Myŏnggan-dong weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Myŏnggan-dong: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Hwasŏng (13 km away). In May its highs average 18.9°C, about as warm as Myŏnggan-dong, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Myŏnggan-dong ranks joint 30th of 38 for the warmest May highs and joint 2nd of 38 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 38 cities is 20.2°C; Myŏnggan-dong is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 77 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Hwasŏng in MayNorth Korea · 13 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Ŏrang in MayNorth Korea · 37 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 8.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Chongjin in MayNorth Korea · 77 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Changam-ch’on in MayNorth Korea · 84 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Hyesan in MayNorth Korea · 114 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Helong in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Sinp’o in MayNorth Korea · 164 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 10.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Ŭndŏk in MayNorth Korea · 169 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 88 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 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.