Climate averages 1991–2020

Gyeongju weather
in October.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.1°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 11.5°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 67 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gyeongju · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in Gyeongju: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Pohang (25 km away). In October its highs average 19.8°C, about as warm as Gyeongju, with 62 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Gyeongju ranks joint 17th of 79 for the warmest October highs and 61st of 79 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 79 cities is 19.3°C; Gyeongju is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 42 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gyeongju, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 5.4°C-2.8°C-2.8°C294.310.010 h
February 7.8°C-1.5°C-1.5°C344.810.911 h
March 12.6°C2.0°C2.0°C657.311.912 h
April 18.6°C7.2°C7.2°C797.413.113 h
May 23.6°C12.8°C12.8°C877.514.014 h
June 26.7°C17.7°C17.7°C1299.214.515 h
July 29.0°C22.2°C22.2°C20013.514.314 h
August 29.5°C23.0°C23.0°C20513.913.514 h
September 25.0°C18.1°C18.1°C16210.012.412 h
October, selected 20.1°C11.5°C11.5°C675.211.311 h
November 13.8°C4.5°C4.5°C425.010.310 h
December 7.3°C-1.2°C-1.2°C253.49.810 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Gyeongju

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 limits

How 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.