Climate averages 1991–2020
Daejeon weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Daejeon: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gongju (26 km away). In April its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Daejeon, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Daejeon ranks joint 10th of 79 for the warmest April highs and joint 23rd of 79 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 79 cities is 16.9°C; Daejeon is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 86 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Daejeon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 24 | 4.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.2°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 33 | 4.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 53 | 7.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 78 | 7.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 86 | 7.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 123 | 8.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 230 | 15.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 197 | 15.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 138 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 56 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 41 | 6.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 5.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 25 | 5.0 | 9.710 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
April in nearby cities
- Gongju in AprilSouth Korea · 26 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Sejong in AprilSouth Korea · 28 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Cheongju-si in AprilSouth Korea · 33 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Cheonan in AprilSouth Korea · 55 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Asan in AprilSouth Korea · 59 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Iksan in AprilSouth Korea · 59 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Jeonju in AprilSouth Korea · 62 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Sangju in AprilSouth Korea · 70 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 80 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 Daejeon) is explained once on the Daejeon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.