Climate averages 1991–2020
Gumi weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Gumi: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gimcheon (19 km away). In May its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Gumi, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gumi ranks 4th of 79 for the warmest May highs and joint 16th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.9°C; Gumi is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 132 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
Gumi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 29 | 4.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 55 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 78 | 7.3 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 23.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 88 | 7.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 132 | 9.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 224 | 14.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 215 | 14.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 153 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 58 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 37 | 4.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 5.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 22 | 3.6 | 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
- Gimcheon in MaySouth Korea · 19 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Daegu in MaySouth Korea · 35 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Sangju in MaySouth Korea · 37 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Gyeongsan-si in MaySouth Korea · 48 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Mungyeong in MaySouth Korea · 55 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Andong in MaySouth Korea · 61 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Changnyeong in MaySouth Korea · 65 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Yeongju in MaySouth Korea · 83 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 91 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 Gumi) is explained once on the Gumi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.