Climate averages 1991–2020
Pyongyang weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Pyongyang: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Man’gyŏngdae-ri (9 km away). In February its highs average 3.0°C, about as warm as Pyongyang, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Pyongyang ranks joint 12th of 38 for the warmest February highs and joint 14th of 38 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 38 cities is 1.9°C; Pyongyang is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Pyongyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.7°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 13 | 3.3 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 3.0°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 20 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 27 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 53 | 6.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 94 | 7.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 107 | 9.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 263 | 15.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 219 | 13.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 91 | 6.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 43 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.1°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 45 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.4°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 23 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in FebruaryNorth Korea · 9 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -6.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Kangsŏn in FebruaryNorth Korea · 18 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -6.0°C · 19 mm rain
- P’yŏngsŏng in FebruaryNorth Korea · 26 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -6.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in FebruaryNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -6.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Namp’o in FebruaryNorth Korea · 45 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Sunch’ŏn in FebruaryNorth Korea · 47 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Paek'ak in FebruaryNorth Korea · 49 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -7.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Chaeryŏng-ni in FebruaryNorth Korea · 56 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.3°C · 18 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 Pyongyang) is explained once on the Pyongyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Man’gyŏngdae-ri lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.