Climate averages 1991–2020
Gangneung weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Gangneung: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donghae City (31 km away). In April its highs average 15.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Gangneung, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gangneung ranks joint 75th of 79 for the warmest April highs and joint 43rd of 79 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 79 cities is 16.9°C; Gangneung is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 87 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
Gangneung climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 44 | 5.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 44 | 5.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 68 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 81 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 87 | 8.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 22.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 118 | 11.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 25.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 219 | 15.8 | 14.514 h |
| August | 26.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 229 | 17.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 22.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 186 | 12.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 82 | 8.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 63 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 36 | 5.3 | 9.610 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
- Donghae City in AprilSouth Korea · 31 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Sokcho in AprilSouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Hongch’ŏn in AprilSouth Korea · 87 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Wŏnju in AprilSouth Korea · 93 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Chuncheon in AprilSouth Korea · 101 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Yeongju in AprilSouth Korea · 106 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Chungju in AprilSouth Korea · 120 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Yeoju in AprilSouth Korea · 120 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 84 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 Gangneung) is explained once on the Gangneung year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.