Climate averages 1991–2020
Pongch’ŏn-ŭp weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Pongch’ŏn-ŭp: daytime highs average 1.0°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paech’ŏn-ŭp (17 km away). In January its highs average 1.2°C, about as warm as Pongch’ŏn-ŭp, with 16 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Pongch’ŏn-ŭp ranks 5th of 38 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 38 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 38 cities is -1.0°C; Pongch’ŏn-ŭp is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 4.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 16 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Paech’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 17 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -7.1°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Kaesŏng in JanuaryNorth Korea · 35 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -7.3°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Sinwŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 41 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -7.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Haeju in JanuaryNorth Korea · 44 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Sariwŏn-si in JanuaryNorth Korea · 58 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -7.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Paju in JanuarySouth Korea · 64 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Kangnyŏng in JanuaryNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.8°C · 15 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 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.