Climate averages 1991–2020
Pongch’ŏn-ŭp weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Pongch’ŏn-ŭp: daytime highs average 2.9°C and nights cool to about -5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paech’ŏn-ŭp (17 km away). In December its highs average 3.2°C, about as warm as Pongch’ŏn-ŭp, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Pongch’ŏn-ŭp ranks joint 9th of 38 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 38 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 38 cities is 1.3°C; Pongch’ŏn-ŭp is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 1.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 20 mm to 16 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Paech’ŏn-ŭp in DecemberNorth Korea · 17 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in DecemberNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Kaesŏng in DecemberNorth Korea · 35 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -5.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Sinwŏn-ŭp in DecemberNorth Korea · 41 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Haeju in DecemberNorth Korea · 44 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Sariwŏn-si in DecemberNorth Korea · 58 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Paju in DecemberSouth Korea · 64 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -4.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Kangnyŏng in DecemberNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.4°C · 20 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.