Climate averages 1991–2020
Ŏrang weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Ŏrang: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hwasŏng (25 km away). In May its highs average 18.9°C, 2.0°C warmer than Ŏrang, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Ŏrang ranks 36th of 38 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 38 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 38 cities is 20.2°C; Ŏrang is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 75 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
Ŏrang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Hwasŏng in MayNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Myŏnggan-dong in MayNorth Korea · 37 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Chongjin in MayNorth Korea · 40 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Changam-ch’on in MayNorth Korea · 119 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Hyesan in MayNorth Korea · 123 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Ŭndŏk in MayNorth Korea · 132 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Helong in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Longjing in MayChina · 148 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 78 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 Ŏrang) is explained once on the Ŏrang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.