Climate averages 1991–2020
Gijang weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Gijang: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ungsang (18 km away). In May its highs average 21.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Gijang, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gijang ranks joint 70th of 79 for the warmest May highs and 70th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.9°C; Gijang is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 165 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ungsang in MaySouth Korea · 18 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Yangsan in MaySouth Korea · 20 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Busan in MaySouth Korea · 23 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Kimhae in MaySouth Korea · 30 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Ulsan in MaySouth Korea · 34 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Changwon in MaySouth Korea · 48 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 114 mm rain
- Naesŏ in MaySouth Korea · 63 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Gyeongju in MaySouth Korea · 67 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 87 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.