Climate averages 1991–2020
Jeongeup weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Jeongeup: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koch'ang (27 km away). In May its highs average 22.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Jeongeup, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Jeongeup ranks joint 26th of 79 for the warmest May highs and 36th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.9°C; Jeongeup is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 157 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Jeongeup climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.9°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 29 | 5.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 35 | 5.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.2°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 60 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 86 | 7.8 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 94 | 8.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 157 | 10.5 | 14.515 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 266 | 16.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 241 | 16.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 147 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.7°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 60 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 48 | 6.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 31 | 6.0 | 9.810 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
May in nearby cities
- Koch'ang in MaySouth Korea · 27 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Jeonju in MaySouth Korea · 32 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Iksan in MaySouth Korea · 38 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Gunsan in MaySouth Korea · 46 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Nangen in MaySouth Korea · 47 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Gwangju in MaySouth Korea · 50 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 99 mm rain
- Masan in MaySouth Korea · 53 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Muan in MaySouth Korea · 79 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 92 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 Jeongeup) is explained once on the Jeongeup year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.