Climate averages 1991–2020

Hongch’ŏn weather
in July.

A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 27.5°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 20.4°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 303 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Hongch’ŏn · average highYear overview

July is a warm month in Hongch’ŏn: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 303 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 30 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chuncheon (24 km away). In July its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Hongch’ŏn, with 312 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Hongch’ŏn ranks joint 55th of 79 for the warmest July highs and 61st of 79 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 79 cities is 27.8°C; Hongch’ŏn is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 303 mm to 230 mm.

The annual picture

July 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. -10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Hongch’ŏn climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Hongch’ŏn, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 1.0°C-7.6°C-7.6°C224.39.910 h
February 4.3°C-5.1°C-5.1°C304.810.811 h
March 9.8°C-0.6°C-0.6°C477.511.912 h
April 16.4°C4.6°C4.6°C818.313.113 h
May 21.7°C10.6°C10.6°C978.314.214 h
June 25.8°C16.1°C16.1°C1139.714.715 h
July, selected 27.5°C20.4°C20.4°C30317.314.514 h
August 28.0°C20.8°C20.8°C23015.613.614 h
September 23.8°C15.2°C15.2°C1238.312.512 h
October 17.9°C8.1°C8.1°C535.611.311 h
November 10.0°C1.5°C1.5°C477.610.210 h
December 3.1°C-4.8°C-4.8°C285.69.610 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Hongch’ŏn

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 Hongch’ŏn) is explained once on the Hongch’ŏn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.