Climate averages 1991–2020
Hongch’ŏn weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Hongch’ŏn: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 43 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chuncheon (24 km away). In June its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Hongch’ŏn, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Hongch’ŏn ranks joint 46th of 79 for the warmest June highs and 5th of 79 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 79 cities is 25.7°C; Hongch’ŏn is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 303 mm.
The annual picture
June in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Hongch’ŏn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 22 | 4.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.3°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 30 | 4.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 47 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 81 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.7°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 97 | 8.3 | 14.214 h |
| June, selected | 25.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 113 | 9.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 27.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 303 | 17.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 230 | 15.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 123 | 8.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 53 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 47 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.1°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 28 | 5.6 | 9.610 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
June in nearby cities
- Chuncheon in JuneSouth Korea · 24 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 122 mm rain
- Wŏnju in JuneSouth Korea · 38 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Yangp'yŏng in JuneSouth Korea · 41 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Yeoju in JuneSouth Korea · 49 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 125 mm rain
- Hwado in JuneSouth Korea · 51 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 135 mm rain
- Wabu in JuneSouth Korea · 60 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Icheon-si in JuneSouth Korea · 60 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Hanam in JuneSouth Korea · 62 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 134 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 Hongch’ŏn) is explained once on the Hongch’ŏn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.