Climate averages 1991–2020
Gunsan weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Gunsan: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iksan (22 km away). In March its highs average 11.1°C, 1.7°C warmer than Gunsan, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gunsan ranks 70th of 79 for the warmest March highs and 32nd of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Gunsan is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Gunsan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 23 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 5.2°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 31 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 9.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 48 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 81 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 87 | 7.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 24.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 126 | 8.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 26.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 255 | 14.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 225 | 14.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 24.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 144 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 58 | 4.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 44 | 6.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 5.8°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 27 | 5.7 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Iksan in MarchSouth Korea · 22 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Boryeong in MarchSouth Korea · 42 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Jeonju in MarchSouth Korea · 43 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 0.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Jeongeup in MarchSouth Korea · 46 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Koch'ang in MarchSouth Korea · 61 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Gongju in MarchSouth Korea · 65 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Hongseong in MarchSouth Korea · 69 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Daejeon in MarchSouth Korea · 73 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 53 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 Gunsan) is explained once on the Gunsan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.