Climate averages 1991–2020
Wŏnsan weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Wŏnsan: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about -0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hŭngnam (78 km away). In March its highs average 6.8°C, 1.6°C cooler than Wŏnsan, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Wŏnsan ranks joint 19th of 38 for the warmest March highs and joint 36th of 38 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 38 cities is 7.6°C; Wŏnsan is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 65 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Hŭngnam in MarchNorth Korea · 78 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in MarchNorth Korea · 85 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Hongwŏn in MarchNorth Korea · 106 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Sinp’o in MarchNorth Korea · 118 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in MarchNorth Korea · 122 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Sunch’ŏn in MarchNorth Korea · 134 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -2.2°C · 32 mm rain
- P’yŏngsŏng in MarchNorth Korea · 136 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Chuncheon in MarchSouth Korea · 144 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 44 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.