Climate averages 1991–2020
Paech’ŏn-ŭp weather
by month.
See how the year changes. August has the highest average daily maximum; January has the lowest average monthly precipitation.
Pleasant-weather months by our simple rule: MaySeptemberOctober
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Paech’ŏn-ŭp averages a daytime high of 15.8°C and a nighttime low of 7.0°C, with about 1,132 mm of rain on roughly 88 days. August is the warmest month (average high 28.2°C) and January the coolest (1.2°C). July is the wettest month with 294 mm; January is the driest with 16 mm.
Months with pleasant weather by a simple rule (average high between 18°C and 29°C, average low of at least 5°C and at most 8 rain days): May, September and October. This looks at temperature and rain only, not humidity, wind, sea temperature or crowds.
The annual picture
A year in Paech’ŏn-ŭp
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
Paech’ŏn-ŭp climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 16 | 3.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.1°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 22 | 3.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 32 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 60 | 6.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 99 | 7.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 119 | 9.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 27.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 294 | 15.9 | 14.515 h |
| August | 28.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 266 | 14.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 111 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 49 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.3°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 45 | 6.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.2°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 20 | 4.5 | 9.610 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
Nearby cities
- Pongch’ŏn-ŭpNorth Korea · 17 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 1,132 mm rain a year
- KaesŏngNorth Korea · 22 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.0°C · 1,162 mm rain a year
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭpNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 1,080 mm rain a year
- PajuSouth Korea · 49 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 1,183 mm rain a year
- HaejuNorth Korea · 52 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 1,031 mm rain a year
- Sinwŏn-ŭpNorth Korea · 54 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 959 mm rain a year
- Gimpo-siSouth Korea · 55 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 1,144 mm rain a year
- Goyang-siSouth Korea · 60 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 1,183 mm rain a year
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 limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC+9, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 38.00°, 126.30° (1 km from the city centre). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 38.00°, 126.25°. Pongch’ŏn-ŭp lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.