Climate averages 1991–2020
Gyeongju weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Gyeongju: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pohang (25 km away). In May its highs average 22.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Gyeongju, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gyeongju ranks joint 7th of 79 for the warmest May highs and joint 11th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.9°C; Gyeongju is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Pohang in MaySouth Korea · 25 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Ulsan in MaySouth Korea · 35 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Gyeongsan-si in MaySouth Korea · 43 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Ungsang in MaySouth Korea · 49 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Daegu in MaySouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Yangsan in MaySouth Korea · 58 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Gijang in MaySouth Korea · 67 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Changnyeong in MaySouth Korea · 73 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 92 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.