Climate averages 1991–2020
Gwangju weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Gwangju: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 255 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 16 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masan (8 km away). In July its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Gwangju, with 243 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gwangju ranks joint 13th of 79 for the warmest July highs and joint 35th of 79 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 79 cities is 27.8°C; Gwangju is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 255 mm to 225 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Gwangju climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 28 | 5.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.0°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 36 | 5.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 63 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 88 | 7.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 99 | 8.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 164 | 10.4 | 14.514 h |
| July, selected | 28.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 255 | 17.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 225 | 15.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 138 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 56 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 46 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 6.8°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 30 | 5.1 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Masan in JulySouth Korea · 8 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 243 mm rain
- Koch'ang in JulySouth Korea · 37 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 238 mm rain
- Muan in JulySouth Korea · 44 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 219 mm rain
- Jeongeup in JulySouth Korea · 50 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 266 mm rain
- Nangen in JulySouth Korea · 51 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Suncheon in JulySouth Korea · 57 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 321 mm rain
- Mokpo in JulySouth Korea · 61 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 233 mm rain
- Kwangyang in JulySouth Korea · 64 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 321 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 Gwangju) is explained once on the Gwangju year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.