Climate averages 1991–2020
Sariwŏn-si 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 Sariwŏn-si: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 211 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 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sinch’ŏn-ŭp (29 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Sariwŏn-si, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Sariwŏn-si ranks 3rd of 38 for the warmest August highs and 18th of 38 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 38 cities is 27.1°C; Sariwŏn-si is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 211 mm to 89 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
Sariwŏn-si climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 14 | 3.1 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 19 | 3.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.5°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 27 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 49 | 6.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 85 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 98 | 9.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 245 | 15.3 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 28.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 211 | 14.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 89 | 6.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 40 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 40 | 6.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 20 | 4.6 | 9.510 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
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 215 mm rain
- Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 204 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in AugustNorth Korea · 30 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 210 mm rain
- Sinwŏn-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 30 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 225 mm rain
- Namp’o in AugustNorth Korea · 40 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 205 mm rain
- Samch’ŏn in AugustNorth Korea · 41 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Ŭllyul in AugustNorth Korea · 49 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 195 mm rain
- Kangsŏn in AugustNorth Korea · 50 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 216 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 Sariwŏn-si) is explained once on the Sariwŏn-si year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.