Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinju weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Chinju: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naesŏ (40 km away). In March its highs average 12.8°C, about as warm as Chinju, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Chinju ranks joint 3rd of 79 for the warmest March highs and joint 65th of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Chinju is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 111 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Chinju climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.7°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 29 | 4.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.3°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 38 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 75 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.5°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 111 | 8.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 118 | 8.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 174 | 10.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 28.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 279 | 16.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 286 | 16.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 192 | 10.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 47 | 5.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 7.6°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 28 | 3.6 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Naesŏ in MarchSouth Korea · 40 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Gwangyang in MarchSouth Korea · 45 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Tongyeong in MarchSouth Korea · 49 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Kwangyang in MarchSouth Korea · 51 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Changnyeong in MarchSouth Korea · 54 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Changwon in MarchSouth Korea · 54 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Sinhyeon in MarchSouth Korea · 60 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Suncheon in MarchSouth Korea · 61 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.5°C · 79 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 Chinju) is explained once on the Chinju year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.