Climate averages 1991–2020
Gangneung weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Gangneung: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donghae City (31 km away). In October its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Gangneung, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gangneung ranks 78th of 79 for the warmest October highs and joint 77th of 79 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 79 cities is 19.3°C; Gangneung is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 11.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Donghae City in OctoberSouth Korea · 31 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Sokcho in OctoberSouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Hongch’ŏn in OctoberSouth Korea · 87 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Wŏnju in OctoberSouth Korea · 93 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Chuncheon in OctoberSouth Korea · 101 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Yeongju in OctoberSouth Korea · 106 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Chungju in OctoberSouth Korea · 120 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Yeoju in OctoberSouth Korea · 120 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.6°C · 58 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.