Climate averages 1991–2020
Ŏrang weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Ŏrang: daytime highs average -3.3°C and nights cool to about -10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hwasŏng (25 km away). In January its highs average -3.4°C, about as warm as Ŏrang, with 26 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Ŏrang ranks 31st of 38 for the warmest January highs and joint 36th of 38 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 38 cities is -1.0°C; Ŏrang is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to -1.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Ŏrang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.3°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 40 | 10.2 | 9.510 h |
| February | -1.2°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 27 | 6.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 4.3°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 31 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 46 | 7.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 16.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 78 | 10.9 | 14.514 h |
| June | 20.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 75 | 10.5 | 15.115 h |
| July | 23.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 148 | 14.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 24.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 174 | 15.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 106 | 9.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 56 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.2°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 58 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| December | -0.1°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 62 | 12.9 | 9.29 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
January in nearby cities
- Hwasŏng in JanuaryNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -13.3°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Myŏnggan-dong in JanuaryNorth Korea · 37 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -13.1°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Chongjin in JanuaryNorth Korea · 40 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -11.9°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Changam-ch’on in JanuaryNorth Korea · 119 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -12.3°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Hyesan in JanuaryNorth Korea · 123 kmHigh -8.0°C · Low -20.9°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Ŭndŏk in JanuaryNorth Korea · 132 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -14.4°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Helong in JanuaryChina · 133 kmHigh -7.3°C · Low -19.6°C · 7.7 mm precipitation
- Longjing in JanuaryChina · 148 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -18.3°C · 7.8 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 Ŏrang) is explained once on the Ŏrang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.