Climate averages 1991–2020
Sariwŏn-si weather
in January.
A cold month with very little 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 Sariwŏn-si: daytime highs average 0.4°C and nights cool to about -7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sinch’ŏn-ŭp (29 km away). In January its highs average 0.5°C, about as warm as Sariwŏn-si, with 14 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Sariwŏn-si ranks 13th of 38 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 38 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 38 cities is -1.0°C; Sariwŏn-si is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 3.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 14 mm to 19 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
Sariwŏn-si climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -7.1°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Songnim-ni in JanuaryNorth Korea · 30 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -8.4°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Sinwŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 30 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -7.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Namp’o in JanuaryNorth Korea · 40 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -7.4°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Samch’ŏn in JanuaryNorth Korea · 41 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.6°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Ŭllyul in JanuaryNorth Korea · 49 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.1°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Kangsŏn in JanuaryNorth Korea · 50 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -8.4°C · 12 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 Sariwŏn-si) is explained once on the Sariwŏn-si year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.