Climate averages 1991–2020
Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp weather
in January.
A cold month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp: daytime highs average 0.2°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Namp’o (19 km away). In January its highs average -0.1°C, about as warm as Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp ranks 14th of 38 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 38 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 38 cities is -1.0°C; Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 3.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 14 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Namp’o in JanuaryNorth Korea · 19 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -7.4°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Ŭllyul in JanuaryNorth Korea · 21 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.1°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 24 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Samch’ŏn in JanuaryNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.6°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Chaeryŏng-ni in JanuaryNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -7.1°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Songnim-ni in JanuaryNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -8.4°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Sariwŏn-si in JanuaryNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -7.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Kwail-ŭp in JanuaryNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 15 mm precipitation
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.