Climate averages 1991–2020
Sinp’o weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Sinp’o: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hongwŏn (20 km away). In October its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Sinp’o, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Sinp’o ranks 30th of 38 for the warmest October highs and 26th of 38 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 38 cities is 16.9°C; Sinp’o is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | -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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Hongwŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 20 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Hŭngnam in OctoberNorth Korea · 53 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in OctoberNorth Korea · 58 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Changam-ch’on in OctoberNorth Korea · 80 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Wŏnsan in OctoberNorth Korea · 118 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Hyesan in OctoberNorth Korea · 151 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Myŏnggan-dong in OctoberNorth Korea · 164 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 168 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 69 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 Sinp’o) is explained once on the Sinp’o year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.