Climate averages 1991–2020
Ŭndŏk weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Ŭndŏk: daytime highs average 6.3°C and nights cool to about -4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hunchun (39 km away). In March its highs average 6.0°C, about as warm as Ŭndŏk, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Ŭndŏk ranks joint 30th of 38 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 38 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 38 cities is 7.6°C; Ŭndŏk is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.0°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Hunchun in MarchChina · 39 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -6.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Tumen in MarchChina · 64 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -5.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Yanji in MarchChina · 79 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -6.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Longjing in MarchChina · 80 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -6.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Chongjin in MarchNorth Korea · 93 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -4.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Wangqing in MarchChina · 100 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -7.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Helong in MarchChina · 110 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -8.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Ŏrang in MarchNorth Korea · 132 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -4.3°C · 31 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.