Climate averages 1991–2020
P’yŏngsŏng weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in P’yŏngsŏng: daytime highs average 1.1°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sunch’ŏn (21 km away). In December its highs average 0.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than P’yŏngsŏng, with 29 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, P’yŏngsŏng ranks 25th of 38 for the warmest December highs and 23rd of 38 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 38 cities is 1.3°C; P’yŏngsŏng is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to -0.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 25 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
P’yŏngsŏng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.9°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 13 | 3.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 3.0°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 22 | 3.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.0°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 29 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 57 | 6.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 101 | 8.2 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 117 | 10.3 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 294 | 16.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 244 | 14.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 100 | 6.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 49 | 6.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 51 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 1.1°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 25 | 5.5 | 9.59 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
December in nearby cities
- Sunch’ŏn in DecemberNorth Korea · 21 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -7.8°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Pyongyang in DecemberNorth Korea · 26 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -6.7°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Paek'ak in DecemberNorth Korea · 33 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.5°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in DecemberNorth Korea · 34 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.3°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Kangsŏn in DecemberNorth Korea · 43 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.8°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Kaech’ŏn in DecemberNorth Korea · 51 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -8.3°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Songnim-ni in DecemberNorth Korea · 57 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -5.8°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Tŏkch’ŏn in DecemberNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -9.6°C · 34 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 P’yŏngsŏng) is explained once on the P’yŏngsŏng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.