Climate averages 1991–2020
Gijang weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Gijang: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 198 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ungsang (18 km away). In August its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Gijang, with 213 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gijang ranks joint 71st of 79 for the warmest August highs and joint 10th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 28.6°C; Gijang is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 198 mm to 171 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Gijang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 37 | 5.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.2°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 51 | 5.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 90 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 120 | 8.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 129 | 8.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 22.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 165 | 9.2 | 14.514 h |
| July | 26.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 227 | 12.4 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 27.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 198 | 12.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 171 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 78 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 55 | 5.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 33 | 4.1 | 9.810 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
August in nearby cities
- Ungsang in AugustSouth Korea · 18 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 213 mm rain
- Yangsan in AugustSouth Korea · 20 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 211 mm rain
- Busan in AugustSouth Korea · 23 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 181 mm rain
- Kimhae in AugustSouth Korea · 30 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 211 mm rain
- Ulsan in AugustSouth Korea · 34 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 213 mm rain
- Changwon in AugustSouth Korea · 48 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 220 mm rain
- Naesŏ in AugustSouth Korea · 63 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 202 mm rain
- Gyeongju in AugustSouth Korea · 67 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 205 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 Gijang) is explained once on the Gijang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.