Climate averages 1991–2020
Tŏkch’ŏn weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Tŏkch’ŏn: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes June a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 56 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaech’ŏn (32 km away). In June its highs average 25.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Tŏkch’ŏn, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Tŏkch’ŏn ranks joint 20th of 38 for the warmest June highs and 38th of 38 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 38 cities is 24.4°C; Tŏkch’ŏn is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 148 mm to 385 mm.
The annual picture
June 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
Tŏkch’ŏn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.5°C-14.0°C | -14.0°C | 18 | 3.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.3°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 28 | 4.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 7.8°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 40 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 73 | 8.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 122 | 10.6 | 14.314 h |
| June, selected | 25.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 148 | 13.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 385 | 19.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 311 | 16.8 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 124 | 9.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 69 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 71 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | -0.4°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 34 | 6.7 | 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
June in nearby cities
- Kaech’ŏn in JuneNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 136 mm rain
- Sunch’ŏn in JuneNorth Korea · 45 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Paek'ak in JuneNorth Korea · 64 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 118 mm rain
- P’yŏngsŏng in JuneNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Pyongyang in JuneNorth Korea · 91 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in JuneNorth Korea · 99 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Kangsŏn in JuneNorth Korea · 108 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in JuneNorth Korea · 111 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 105 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 Tŏkch’ŏn) is explained once on the Tŏkch’ŏn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.