Climate averages 1991–2020
Gangneung weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Gangneung: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donghae City (31 km away). In November its highs average 11.8°C, about as warm as Gangneung, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gangneung ranks joint 49th of 79 for the warmest November highs and 76th of 79 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 79 cities is 12.3°C; Gangneung is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 5.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Donghae City in NovemberSouth Korea · 31 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Sokcho in NovemberSouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Hongch’ŏn in NovemberSouth Korea · 87 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Wŏnju in NovemberSouth Korea · 93 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Chuncheon in NovemberSouth Korea · 101 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Yeongju in NovemberSouth Korea · 106 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Chungju in NovemberSouth Korea · 120 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Yeoju in NovemberSouth Korea · 120 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 46 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.