Climate averages 1991–2020
Sinwŏn-ŭp weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Sinwŏn-ŭp: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about -1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haeju (22 km away). In March its highs average 8.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Sinwŏn-ŭp, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Sinwŏn-ŭp ranks joint 6th of 38 for the warmest March highs and joint 11th of 38 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 38 cities is 7.6°C; Sinwŏn-ŭp is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Haeju in MarchNorth Korea · 22 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭp in MarchNorth Korea · 28 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Sariwŏn-si in MarchNorth Korea · 30 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp in MarchNorth Korea · 33 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Samch’ŏn in MarchNorth Korea · 41 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -1.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Pongch’ŏn-ŭp in MarchNorth Korea · 41 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -1.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Kangnyŏng in MarchNorth Korea · 43 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp in MarchNorth Korea · 47 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -1.1°C · 25 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 Sinwŏn-ŭp) is explained once on the Sinwŏn-ŭp year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.