Climate averages 1991–2020
Ŭndŏk weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ŭndŏk: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hunchun (39 km away). In August its highs average 25.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ŭndŏk, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Ŭndŏk ranks 29th of 38 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 38 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 38 cities is 27.1°C; Ŭndŏk is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 162 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
Ŭndŏk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.5°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 13 | 2.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | -0.4°C-11.6°C | -11.6°C | 13 | 2.6 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 25 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 46 | 7.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 88 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 91 | 11.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 155 | 13.5 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 26.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 162 | 14.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 89 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 47 | 6.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 5.4°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 32 | 4.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | -2.4°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 14 | 3.1 | 9.19 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
- Hunchun in AugustChina · 39 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Tumen in AugustChina · 64 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Yanji in AugustChina · 79 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 140 mm rain
- Longjing in AugustChina · 80 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Chongjin in AugustNorth Korea · 93 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 215 mm rain
- Wangqing in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Helong in AugustChina · 110 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Ŏrang in AugustNorth Korea · 132 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 174 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 Ŭndŏk) is explained once on the Ŭndŏk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.