Climate averages 1991–2020
Gyeongju weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Gyeongju: daytime highs average 5.4°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pohang (25 km away). In January its highs average 5.2°C, about as warm as Gyeongju, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gyeongju ranks 20th of 79 for the warmest January highs and joint 56th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 3.6°C; Gyeongju is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 34 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
Gyeongju climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.4°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 29 | 4.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 34 | 4.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.6°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 65 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 79 | 7.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 87 | 7.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 129 | 9.2 | 14.515 h |
| July | 29.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 200 | 13.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 205 | 13.9 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 162 | 10.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 67 | 5.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 42 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 7.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 25 | 3.4 | 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
- Pohang in JanuarySouth Korea · 25 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Ulsan in JanuarySouth Korea · 35 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Gyeongsan-si in JanuarySouth Korea · 43 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Ungsang in JanuarySouth Korea · 49 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -0.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Daegu in JanuarySouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Yangsan in JanuarySouth Korea · 58 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Gijang in JanuarySouth Korea · 67 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Changnyeong in JanuarySouth Korea · 73 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -3.6°C · 22 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 Gyeongju) is explained once on the Gyeongju year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.