Climate averages 1991–2020
Geoje weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Geoje: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sinhyeon (10 km away). In January its highs average 6.7°C, about as warm as Geoje, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Geoje ranks 3rd of 79 for the warmest January highs and 74th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 3.6°C; Geoje is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 51 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
Geoje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.8°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 42 | 5.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 51 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 97 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 127 | 8.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 18.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 132 | 8.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 21.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 180 | 9.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 24.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 240 | 11.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 26.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 187 | 11.6 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 173 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 78 | 5.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 58 | 6.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 9.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 39 | 4.8 | 9.910 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
- Sinhyeon in JanuarySouth Korea · 10 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Tongyeong in JanuarySouth Korea · 26 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Busan in JanuarySouth Korea · 44 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 0.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Changwon in JanuarySouth Korea · 46 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Kimhae in JanuarySouth Korea · 49 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Naesŏ in JanuarySouth Korea · 51 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Yangsan in JanuarySouth Korea · 66 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Gijang in JanuarySouth Korea · 67 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 37 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 Geoje) is explained once on the Geoje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.