Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunch’ŏn weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Sunch’ŏn: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 330 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 39 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is P’yŏngsŏng (21 km away). In July its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Sunch’ŏn, with 294 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Sunch’ŏn ranks joint 16th of 38 for the warmest July highs and 36th of 38 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 38 cities is 26.7°C; Sunch’ŏn is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 330 mm to 270 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Sunch’ŏn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.5°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 14 | 3.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.5°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 24 | 4.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.7°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 32 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 63 | 7.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 108 | 9.1 | 14.314 h |
| June | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 131 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| July, selected | 27.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 330 | 18.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 270 | 15.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 110 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 57 | 7.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.3°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 60 | 8.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 0.5°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 29 | 5.9 | 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
July in nearby cities
- P’yŏngsŏng in JulyNorth Korea · 21 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 294 mm rain
- Paek'ak in JulyNorth Korea · 28 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 294 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in JulyNorth Korea · 30 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 351 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in JulyNorth Korea · 45 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 385 mm rain
- Pyongyang in JulyNorth Korea · 47 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 263 mm rain
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in JulyNorth Korea · 54 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 263 mm rain
- Kangsŏn in JulyNorth Korea · 63 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 260 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in JulyNorth Korea · 78 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 251 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 Sunch’ŏn) is explained once on the Sunch’ŏn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.