Climate averages 1991–2020
Sinwŏn-ŭp 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 Sinwŏn-ŭp: daytime highs average 0.8°C and nights cool to about -7.2°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 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haeju (22 km away). In January its highs average 0.7°C, about as warm as Sinwŏn-ŭp, with 15 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Sinwŏn-ŭp ranks 6th 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; Sinwŏn-ŭp is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°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
Sinwŏn-ŭp climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.8°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 14 | 3.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.1°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 27 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 50 | 6.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 85 | 7.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 98 | 9.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 27.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 250 | 14.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 28.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 225 | 13.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 92 | 6.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 40 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 40 | 6.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.9°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 19 | 4.2 | 9.610 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
- Haeju in JanuaryNorth Korea · 22 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 28 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Sariwŏn-si in JanuaryNorth Korea · 30 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -7.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 33 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Samch’ŏn in JanuaryNorth Korea · 41 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.6°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Pongch’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 41 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -7.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Kangnyŏng in JanuaryNorth Korea · 43 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.8°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 47 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -7.1°C · 14 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 Sinwŏn-ŭp) is explained once on the Sinwŏn-ŭp year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.