Climate averages 1991–2020
Gangneung weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Gangneung: daytime highs average 2.5°C and nights cool to about -4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donghae City (31 km away). In January its highs average 2.9°C, about as warm as Gangneung, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gangneung ranks joint 48th of 79 for the warmest January highs and 76th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 3.6°C; Gangneung is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 4.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 44 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Donghae City in JanuarySouth Korea · 31 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Sokcho in JanuarySouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -5.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Hongch’ŏn in JanuarySouth Korea · 87 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -7.6°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Wŏnju in JanuarySouth Korea · 93 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -7.0°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Chuncheon in JanuarySouth Korea · 101 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -7.6°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Yeongju in JanuarySouth Korea · 106 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Chungju in JanuarySouth Korea · 120 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.0°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Yeoju in JanuarySouth Korea · 120 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.3°C · 22 mm precipitation
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.