Climate averages 1991–2020

Namp’o weather
in July.

A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 21.3°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 243 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Namp’o · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Namp’o: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 35 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaeryŏng-ni (15 km away). In July its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Namp’o, with 233 mm of rain.

Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Namp’o ranks joint 4th of 38 for the warmest July highs and 18th of 38 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 38 cities is 26.7°C; Namp’o is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 243 mm to 205 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Namp’o climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Namp’o, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -0.1°C-7.4°C-7.4°C133.19.810 h
February 2.9°C-5.5°C-5.5°C183.510.711 h
March 8.7°C-1.3°C-1.3°C254.311.912 h
April 15.9°C5.0°C5.0°C486.313.213 h
May 21.7°C11.1°C11.1°C887.514.314 h
June 26.1°C16.9°C16.9°C999.114.815 h
July, selected 28.0°C21.3°C21.3°C24315.114.615 h
August 28.3°C21.6°C21.6°C20513.413.714 h
September 24.3°C16.3°C16.3°C906.412.512 h
October 18.0°C9.1°C9.1°C425.811.211 h
November 9.8°C1.7°C1.7°C426.910.110 h
December 2.5°C-4.8°C-4.8°C225.19.510 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Namp’o

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Namp’o) is explained once on the Namp’o year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.