Climate averages 1991–2020
Gyeongju 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 Gyeongju: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 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 Pohang (25 km away). In March its highs average 12.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Gyeongju, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gyeongju ranks 10th of 79 for the warmest March highs and 57th of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Gyeongju is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 79 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
Gyeongju climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Pohang in MarchSouth Korea · 25 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Ulsan in MarchSouth Korea · 35 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Gyeongsan-si in MarchSouth Korea · 43 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Ungsang in MarchSouth Korea · 49 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Daegu in MarchSouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Yangsan in MarchSouth Korea · 58 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Gijang in MarchSouth Korea · 67 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Changnyeong in MarchSouth Korea · 73 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 63 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.