Climate averages 1991–2020
Changwon weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Changwon: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 220 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naesŏ (15 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Changwon, with 202 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Changwon ranks joint 33rd of 79 for the warmest August highs and 28th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 28.6°C; Changwon is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 220 mm to 162 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Changwon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.2°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 28 | 3.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 39 | 4.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 75 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 107 | 7.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 114 | 8.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 160 | 9.4 | 14.514 h |
| July | 27.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 246 | 14.8 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 220 | 14.6 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 162 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 68 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 47 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 26 | 3.5 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Naesŏ in AugustSouth Korea · 15 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 202 mm rain
- Kimhae in AugustSouth Korea · 18 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 211 mm rain
- Yangsan in AugustSouth Korea · 34 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 211 mm rain
- Busan in AugustSouth Korea · 35 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 181 mm rain
- Changnyeong in AugustSouth Korea · 39 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 191 mm rain
- Sinhyeon in AugustSouth Korea · 39 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 204 mm rain
- Geoje in AugustSouth Korea · 46 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 187 mm rain
- Tongyeong in AugustSouth Korea · 48 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 198 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 Changwon) is explained once on the Changwon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.