Climate averages 1991–2020
Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 235 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 34 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Namp’o (19 km away). In July its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp, with 243 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp ranks joint 1st of 38 for the warmest July highs and 16th of 38 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 38 cities is 26.7°C; Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 235 mm to 204 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Namp’o in JulyNorth Korea · 19 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 243 mm rain
- Ŭllyul in JulyNorth Korea · 21 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 227 mm rain
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭp in JulyNorth Korea · 24 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 239 mm rain
- Samch’ŏn in JulyNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 232 mm rain
- Chaeryŏng-ni in JulyNorth Korea · 25 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 233 mm rain
- Songnim-ni in JulyNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 251 mm rain
- Sariwŏn-si in JulyNorth Korea · 29 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Kwail-ŭp in JulyNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 220 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.