Climate averages 1991–2020
Ŏrang weather
in November.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Ŏrang: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hwasŏng (25 km away). In November its highs average 6.8°C, about as warm as Ŏrang, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Ŏrang ranks 31st of 38 for the warmest November highs and joint 30th of 38 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 38 cities is 8.6°C; Ŏrang is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 7.3°C to -0.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 58 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Hwasŏng in NovemberNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Myŏnggan-dong in NovemberNorth Korea · 37 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Chongjin in NovemberNorth Korea · 40 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Changam-ch’on in NovemberNorth Korea · 119 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Hyesan in NovemberNorth Korea · 123 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -7.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Ŭndŏk in NovemberNorth Korea · 132 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -3.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Helong in NovemberChina · 133 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -6.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Longjing in NovemberChina · 148 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -6.0°C · 24 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.