Climate averages 1991–2020
Gimcheon weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Gimcheon: daytime highs average 3.6°C and nights cool to about -4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gumi (19 km away). In January its highs average 4.0°C, about as warm as Gimcheon, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gimcheon ranks 34th of 79 for the warmest January highs and 50th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 3.6°C; Gimcheon is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 6.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 32 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
Gimcheon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.6°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 26 | 4.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 32 | 4.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 57 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 82 | 7.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 90 | 8.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 146 | 10.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 244 | 16.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 236 | 16.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 168 | 10.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 63 | 5.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 42 | 5.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 5.5°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 26 | 4.3 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gumi in JanuarySouth Korea · 19 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Sangju in JanuarySouth Korea · 33 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -4.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Daegu in JanuarySouth Korea · 51 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Mungyeong in JanuarySouth Korea · 53 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Gyeongsan-si in JanuarySouth Korea · 65 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Daejeon in JanuarySouth Korea · 71 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -4.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Changnyeong in JanuarySouth Korea · 73 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -3.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Andong in JanuarySouth Korea · 73 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -4.7°C · 20 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 Gimcheon) is explained once on the Gimcheon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.