Climate averages 1991–2020
Pongch’ŏn-ŭp weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Pongch’ŏn-ŭp: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 266 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paech’ŏn-ŭp (17 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Pongch’ŏn-ŭp, with 266 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Pongch’ŏn-ŭp ranks joint 7th of 38 for the warmest August highs and joint 33rd of 38 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 38 cities is 27.1°C; Pongch’ŏn-ŭp is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 266 mm to 111 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Pongch’ŏn-ŭp climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 16 | 3.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.0°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 22 | 3.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.4°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 32 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 60 | 6.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 99 | 7.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 119 | 9.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 294 | 15.9 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 266 | 14.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 111 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 49 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.0°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 45 | 6.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.9°C-5.2°C | -5.2°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
August in nearby cities
- Paech’ŏn-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 17 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 266 mm rain
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Kaesŏng in AugustNorth Korea · 35 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Sinwŏn-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 41 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 225 mm rain
- Haeju in AugustNorth Korea · 44 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 241 mm rain
- Sariwŏn-si in AugustNorth Korea · 58 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 211 mm rain
- Paju in AugustSouth Korea · 64 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 264 mm rain
- Kangnyŏng in AugustNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 229 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 Pongch’ŏn-ŭp) is explained once on the Pongch’ŏn-ŭp year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Paech’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.