Climate averages 1991–2020
Tŏkch’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 Tŏkch’ŏn: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaech’ŏn (32 km away). In October its highs average 17.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Tŏkch’ŏn, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Tŏkch’ŏn ranks joint 26th of 38 for the warmest October highs and 37th of 38 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 38 cities is 16.9°C; Tŏkch’ŏn is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.1°C to 7.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 71 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kaech’ŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 32 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Sunch’ŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 45 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Paek'ak in OctoberNorth Korea · 64 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 50 mm rain
- P’yŏngsŏng in OctoberNorth Korea · 65 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Pyongyang in OctoberNorth Korea · 91 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri in OctoberNorth Korea · 99 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Kangsŏn in OctoberNorth Korea · 108 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in OctoberNorth Korea · 111 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 67 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.