Climate averages 1991–2020
Chuncheon 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 Chuncheon: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 256 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hongch’ŏn (24 km away). In August its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Chuncheon, with 230 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Chuncheon ranks joint 58th of 79 for the warmest August highs and 62nd of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 28.6°C; Chuncheon is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 256 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Chuncheon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 21 | 3.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 28 | 4.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 44 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 78 | 8.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 100 | 8.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 122 | 9.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 27.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 312 | 17.2 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 256 | 15.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 129 | 8.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 53 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 47 | 6.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 26 | 5.0 | 9.610 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
August in nearby cities
- Hongch’ŏn in AugustSouth Korea · 24 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 230 mm rain
- Hwado in AugustSouth Korea · 45 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 292 mm rain
- Yangp'yŏng in AugustSouth Korea · 48 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 266 mm rain
- Wabu in AugustSouth Korea · 55 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 277 mm rain
- Yangju in AugustSouth Korea · 59 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 265 mm rain
- Hanam in AugustSouth Korea · 60 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 277 mm rain
- Guri-si in AugustSouth Korea · 61 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 277 mm rain
- Wŏnju in AugustSouth Korea · 61 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 228 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 Chuncheon) is explained once on the Chuncheon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.