Climate averages 1991–2020
Tŏkch’ŏn weather
in November.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Tŏkch’ŏn: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 02 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaech’ŏn (32 km away). In November its highs average 8.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Tŏkch’ŏn, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Tŏkch’ŏn ranks 30th of 38 for the warmest November highs and 36th of 38 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 38 cities is 8.6°C; Tŏkch’ŏn is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 7.9°C to -0.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 71 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kaech’ŏn in NovemberNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Sunch’ŏn in NovemberNorth Korea · 45 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Paek'ak in NovemberNorth Korea · 64 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 51 mm rain
- P’yŏngsŏng in NovemberNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Pyongyang in NovemberNorth Korea · 91 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in NovemberNorth Korea · 99 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Kangsŏn in NovemberNorth Korea · 108 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in NovemberNorth Korea · 111 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 76 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.