Climate averages 1991–2020
Gwangyang weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Gwangyang: daytime highs average 7.9°C and nights cool to about -1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kwangyang (10 km away). In February its highs average 8.0°C, about as warm as Gwangyang, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gwangyang ranks joint 17th of 79 for the warmest February highs and joint 69th of 79 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 79 cities is 6.0°C; Gwangyang is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Gwangyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 30 | 3.9 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 7.9°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 44 | 4.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 82 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 127 | 8.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 143 | 8.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 195 | 10.2 | 14.514 h |
| July | 27.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 309 | 17.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 286 | 16.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 170 | 10.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 70 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 47 | 5.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 7.7°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 28 | 3.6 | 9.910 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
February in nearby cities
- Kwangyang in FebruarySouth Korea · 10 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Suncheon in FebruarySouth Korea · 19 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Yeosu in FebruarySouth Korea · 20 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Chinju in FebruarySouth Korea · 45 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -2.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Nangen in FebruarySouth Korea · 59 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Tongyeong in FebruarySouth Korea · 68 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Gwangju in FebruarySouth Korea · 75 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -1.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Masan in FebruarySouth Korea · 81 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 34 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 Gwangyang) is explained once on the Gwangyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.