Climate averages 1991–2020
Chungju weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Chungju: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wŏnju (42 km away). In January its highs average 1.4°C, about as warm as Chungju, with 24 mm of precipitation.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Chungju ranks joint 55th of 79 for the warmest January highs and joint 44th of 79 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 3.6°C; Chungju is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 5.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 24 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Chungju climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 24 | 4.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.0°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 34 | 4.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.6°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 54 | 7.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 83 | 8.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 95 | 8.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 126 | 9.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 265 | 16.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 226 | 15.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 134 | 8.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 58 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 46 | 7.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 28 | 5.2 | 9.710 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
January in nearby cities
- Wŏnju in JanuarySouth Korea · 42 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -7.0°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Yeoju in JanuarySouth Korea · 44 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.3°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Mungyeong in JanuarySouth Korea · 49 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Cheongju-si in JanuarySouth Korea · 54 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Icheon-si in JanuarySouth Korea · 55 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.2°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Yeongju in JanuarySouth Korea · 65 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Sangju in JanuarySouth Korea · 66 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -4.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Yangp'yŏng in JanuarySouth Korea · 69 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -6.3°C · 21 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 Chungju) is explained once on the Chungju year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.