Climate averages 1991–2020
Paju weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Paju: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Goyang-si (13 km away). In May its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Paju, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Paju ranks joint 49th of 79 for the warmest May highs and joint 42nd of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.9°C; Paju is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Paju climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 17 | 3.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.5°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.9°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 35 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 21.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 98 | 8.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 125 | 9.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 27.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 313 | 16.3 | 14.515 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 264 | 14.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 120 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 52 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 47 | 7.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.3°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 22 | 4.8 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Goyang-si in MaySouth Korea · 13 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Gimpo-si in MaySouth Korea · 16 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Uijeongbu-si in MaySouth Korea · 24 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Yangju in MaySouth Korea · 27 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Seoul in MaySouth Korea · 28 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Bucheon-si in MaySouth Korea · 29 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Kaesŏng in MayNorth Korea · 30 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Gwangmyeong in MaySouth Korea · 33 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.7°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 Paju) is explained once on the Paju year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Goyang-si lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.