Climate averages 1991–2020
Wŏnsan weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Wŏnsan: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hŭngnam (78 km away). In July its highs average 25.0°C, 1.3°C cooler than Wŏnsan, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Wŏnsan ranks joint 24th of 38 for the warmest July highs and joint 23rd of 38 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 38 cities is 26.7°C; Wŏnsan is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 253 mm to 255 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
Wŏnsan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.5°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 36 | 5.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.1°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 34 | 4.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.3°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 42 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 65 | 7.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 104 | 8.3 | 14.314 h |
| June | 23.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 116 | 10.0 | 14.915 h |
| July, selected | 26.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 253 | 14.6 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 255 | 15.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 151 | 9.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 77 | 7.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 84 | 8.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 42 | 5.2 | 9.59 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
- Hŭngnam in JulyNorth Korea · 78 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in JulyNorth Korea · 85 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Hongwŏn in JulyNorth Korea · 106 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Sinp’o in JulyNorth Korea · 118 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 169 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in JulyNorth Korea · 122 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 385 mm rain
- Sunch’ŏn in JulyNorth Korea · 134 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 330 mm rain
- P’yŏngsŏng in JulyNorth Korea · 136 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 294 mm rain
- Chuncheon in JulySouth Korea · 144 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 312 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 Wŏnsan) is explained once on the Wŏnsan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.