Climate averages 1991–2020
Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Namp’o (19 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp ranks 4th of 38 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 38 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 38 cities is 27.1°C; Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 204 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 14 | 3.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 18 | 3.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.9°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 25 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 48 | 6.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 82 | 7.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 95 | 9.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 235 | 15.3 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 204 | 13.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 89 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 40 | 5.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 41 | 6.4 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.7°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 21 | 4.6 | 9.510 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
August in nearby cities
- Namp’o in AugustNorth Korea · 19 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 205 mm rain
- Ŭllyul in AugustNorth Korea · 21 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 195 mm rain
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 24 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 215 mm rain
- Samch’ŏn in AugustNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Chaeryŏng-ni in AugustNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 193 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in AugustNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 210 mm rain
- Sariwŏn-si in AugustNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 211 mm rain
- Kwail-ŭp in AugustNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 188 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 Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp) is explained once on the Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.