Climate averages 1991–2020
Sinp’o weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Sinp’o: daytime highs average -0.4°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hongwŏn (20 km away). In January its highs average -0.2°C, about as warm as Sinp’o, with 30 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Sinp’o ranks joint 19th of 38 for the warmest January highs and 34th of 38 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 38 cities is -1.0°C; Sinp’o is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 1.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 33 mm to 26 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
Sinp’o 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-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 33 | 6.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.3°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 26 | 5.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.7°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 30 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 45 | 6.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 16.7°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 76 | 7.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 20.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 74 | 7.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 23.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 169 | 11.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 24.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 175 | 12.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 101 | 7.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 54 | 6.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 58 | 8.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | 2.1°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 39 | 7.1 | 9.49 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
- Hongwŏn in JanuaryNorth Korea · 20 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -9.2°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Hŭngnam in JanuaryNorth Korea · 53 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -7.5°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Hamhŭng in JanuaryNorth Korea · 58 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -10.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Changam-ch’on in JanuaryNorth Korea · 80 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -12.3°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Wŏnsan in JanuaryNorth Korea · 118 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Hyesan in JanuaryNorth Korea · 151 kmHigh -8.0°C · Low -20.9°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Myŏnggan-dong in JanuaryNorth Korea · 164 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -13.1°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Tŏkch’ŏn in JanuaryNorth Korea · 168 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -14.0°C · 18 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 Sinp’o) is explained once on the Sinp’o year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.