Climate averages 1991–2020
Gangneung weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Gangneung: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 219 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 30 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donghae City (31 km away). In July its highs average 26.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Gangneung, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gangneung ranks 78th of 79 for the warmest July highs and joint 13th of 79 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 79 cities is 27.8°C; Gangneung is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 219 mm to 229 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Donghae City in JulySouth Korea · 31 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 197 mm rain
- Sokcho in JulySouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 207 mm rain
- Hongch’ŏn in JulySouth Korea · 87 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 303 mm rain
- Wŏnju in JulySouth Korea · 93 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Chuncheon in JulySouth Korea · 101 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 312 mm rain
- Yeongju in JulySouth Korea · 106 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 207 mm rain
- Chungju in JulySouth Korea · 120 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 265 mm rain
- Yeoju in JulySouth Korea · 120 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 295 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.