Climate averages 1991–2020
Pohang weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Pohang: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyeongju (25 km away). In July its highs average 29.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Pohang, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Pohang ranks joint 39th of 79 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 79 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 79 cities is 27.8°C; Pohang is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 195 mm to 202 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Pohang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 27 | 4.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.5°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 33 | 4.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 61 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 74 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 84 | 7.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 120 | 8.5 | 14.615 h |
| July, selected | 27.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 195 | 13.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 202 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 24.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 154 | 9.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 62 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.7°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 39 | 4.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 7.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 23 | 3.7 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Gyeongju in JulySouth Korea · 25 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Ulsan in JulySouth Korea · 55 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 216 mm rain
- Gyeongsan-si in JulySouth Korea · 61 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Ungsang in JulySouth Korea · 72 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 216 mm rain
- Daegu in JulySouth Korea · 72 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Yangsan in JulySouth Korea · 82 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 241 mm rain
- Andong in JulySouth Korea · 83 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 205 mm rain
- Gijang in JulySouth Korea · 88 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 227 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 Pohang) is explained once on the Pohang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.