Climate averages 1991–2020

Sariwŏn-si weather
in November.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 9.8°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 1.2°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 40 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sariwŏn-si · average highYear overview

November is a cool month in Sariwŏn-si: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sinch’ŏn-ŭp (29 km away). In November its highs average 10.0°C, about as warm as Sariwŏn-si, with 41 mm of rain.

Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Sariwŏn-si ranks joint 13th of 38 for the warmest November highs and joint 3rd of 38 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 38 cities is 8.6°C; Sariwŏn-si is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 7.3°C to 2.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 20 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sariwŏn-si, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 0.4°C-7.9°C-7.9°C143.19.810 h
February 3.7°C-5.6°C-5.6°C193.710.711 h
March 9.5°C-1.3°C-1.3°C274.511.912 h
April 16.6°C4.8°C4.8°C496.513.213 h
May 22.4°C11.1°C11.1°C857.614.214 h
June 26.7°C17.0°C17.0°C989.314.815 h
July 28.2°C21.2°C21.2°C24515.314.615 h
August 28.5°C21.5°C21.5°C21114.013.714 h
September 24.5°C15.9°C15.9°C896.612.512 h
October 18.1°C8.5°C8.5°C405.411.211 h
November, selected 9.8°C1.2°C1.2°C406.610.110 h
December 2.6°C-5.3°C-5.3°C204.69.510 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Sariwŏn-si

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 limits

How 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.