Climate averages 1991–2020
Hwado weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Hwado: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wabu (10 km away). In February its highs average 4.7°C, about as warm as Hwado, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Hwado ranks joint 66th of 79 for the warmest February highs and joint 18th of 79 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 79 cities is 6.0°C; Hwado is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Hwado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 21 | 3.7 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 4.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 29 | 4.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 78 | 8.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 109 | 8.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 135 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 351 | 18.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 292 | 17.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 131 | 8.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 56 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 51 | 7.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.2°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 26 | 5.1 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Wabu in FebruarySouth Korea · 10 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Hanam in FebruarySouth Korea · 15 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -4.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Guri-si in FebruarySouth Korea · 16 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -4.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Yangp'yŏng in FebruarySouth Korea · 24 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Uijeongbu-si in FebruarySouth Korea · 25 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Gwangju, South Korea in FebruarySouth Korea · 27 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -4.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Seongnam-si in FebruarySouth Korea · 28 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Yangju in FebruarySouth Korea · 30 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 25 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 Hwado) is explained once on the Hwado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.