Climate averages 1991–2020
Wŏnsan weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Wŏnsan: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 05 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hŭngnam (78 km away). In November its highs average 9.3°C, about as warm as Wŏnsan, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Wŏnsan ranks 16th of 38 for the warmest November highs and 38th of 38 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 38 cities is 8.6°C; Wŏnsan is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.9°C to 2.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Hŭngnam in NovemberNorth Korea · 78 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in NovemberNorth Korea · 85 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Hongwŏn in NovemberNorth Korea · 106 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Sinp’o in NovemberNorth Korea · 118 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in NovemberNorth Korea · 122 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Sunch’ŏn in NovemberNorth Korea · 134 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 60 mm rain
- P’yŏngsŏng in NovemberNorth Korea · 136 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Chuncheon in NovemberSouth Korea · 144 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 47 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.