Climate averages 1991–2020
Hongseong weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Hongseong: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Seosan (28 km away). In August its highs average 27.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Hongseong, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Hongseong ranks joint 19th of 79 for the warmest August highs and joint 56th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 28.6°C; Hongseong is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 145 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Hongseong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 22 | 4.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 5.3°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 30 | 4.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 45 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 77 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 81 | 7.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 122 | 8.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 263 | 15.9 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 29.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 244 | 15.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 145 | 8.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 58 | 5.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 46 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 5.1°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 24 | 5.2 | 9.710 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
August in nearby cities
- Seosan in AugustSouth Korea · 28 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 225 mm rain
- Boryeong in AugustSouth Korea · 29 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 227 mm rain
- Asan in AugustSouth Korea · 36 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 234 mm rain
- Gongju in AugustSouth Korea · 44 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Cheonan in AugustSouth Korea · 49 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 237 mm rain
- Sejong in AugustSouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 226 mm rain
- Pyeongtaek in AugustSouth Korea · 58 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 232 mm rain
- Hwaseong-si in AugustSouth Korea · 69 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 239 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 Hongseong) is explained once on the Hongseong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.