Climate averages 1991–2020

Chungju weather
in December.

A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 3.8°C Daytime mean, December
Average low -3.8°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 28 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Chungju · average highYear overview

December is a cold month in Chungju: daytime highs average 3.8°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Wŏnju (42 km away). In December its highs average 3.3°C, about as warm as Chungju, with 28 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Chungju ranks joint 59th of 79 for the warmest December highs and joint 50th of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 5.6°C; Chungju is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 1.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 28 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chungju climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chungju, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 1.9°C-6.0°C-6.0°C244.89.910 h
February 5.0°C-4.2°C-4.2°C344.810.811 h
March 10.6°C0.2°C0.2°C547.411.912 h
April 17.4°C5.8°C5.8°C838.013.113 h
May 22.7°C11.5°C11.5°C958.214.114 h
June 26.9°C17.0°C17.0°C1269.014.715 h
July 28.3°C21.1°C21.1°C26516.614.414 h
August 28.7°C21.7°C21.7°C22615.413.614 h
September 24.5°C16.4°C16.4°C1348.512.512 h
October 18.7°C9.5°C9.5°C585.611.311 h
November 11.0°C2.6°C2.6°C467.110.210 h
December, selected 3.8°C-3.8°C-3.8°C285.29.710 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

December in nearby cities

Distance from Chungju

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chungju) is explained once on the Chungju year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.