Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunch’ŏn weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Sunch’ŏn: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is P’yŏngsŏng (21 km away). In October its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Sunch’ŏn, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Sunch’ŏn ranks joint 23rd of 38 for the warmest October highs and 30th of 38 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 38 cities is 16.9°C; Sunch’ŏn is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.8°C to 8.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 60 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- P’yŏngsŏng in OctoberNorth Korea · 21 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Paek'ak in OctoberNorth Korea · 28 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 30 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 45 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Pyongyang in OctoberNorth Korea · 47 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in OctoberNorth Korea · 54 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Kangsŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 63 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in OctoberNorth Korea · 78 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 40 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.