Climate averages 1991–2020
Naesŏ 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 Naesŏ: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changwon (15 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Naesŏ, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Naesŏ ranks joint 19th of 79 for the warmest August highs and joint 13th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 28.6°C; Naesŏ is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 202 mm to 154 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
Naesŏ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 25 | 3.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.4°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 35 | 4.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 70 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 97 | 7.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 105 | 7.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 152 | 9.4 | 14.514 h |
| July | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 225 | 14.2 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 202 | 14.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 154 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 63 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 43 | 4.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 7.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 25 | 3.2 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Changwon in AugustSouth Korea · 15 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 220 mm rain
- Changnyeong in AugustSouth Korea · 33 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 191 mm rain
- Kimhae in AugustSouth Korea · 33 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 211 mm rain
- Chinju in AugustSouth Korea · 40 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 286 mm rain
- Sinhyeon in AugustSouth Korea · 42 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 204 mm rain
- Tongyeong in AugustSouth Korea · 45 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Yangsan in AugustSouth Korea · 48 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 211 mm rain
- Busan in AugustSouth Korea · 49 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 181 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 Naesŏ) is explained once on the Naesŏ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.