Climate averages 1991–2020

Sejong weather
in March.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 11.3°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 0.6°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 49 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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March is a cool month in Sejong: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cheongju-si (18 km away). In March its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Sejong, with 50 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Sejong ranks 32nd of 79 for the warmest March highs and joint 33rd of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Sejong is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 78 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sejong climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sejong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 2.9°C-4.6°C-4.6°C224.310.010 h
February 5.7°C-3.2°C-3.2°C314.410.811 h
March, selected 11.3°C0.6°C0.6°C496.711.912 h
April 18.1°C6.4°C6.4°C787.413.113 h
May 23.6°C12.3°C12.3°C867.514.114 h
June 27.8°C17.8°C17.8°C1228.514.615 h
July 28.9°C21.7°C21.7°C25616.114.414 h
August 29.3°C22.3°C22.3°C22615.013.614 h
September 25.2°C16.9°C16.9°C1438.512.412 h
October 19.4°C9.9°C9.9°C584.811.311 h
November 11.9°C3.0°C3.0°C435.910.310 h
December 4.8°C-2.9°C-2.9°C234.59.710 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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Sejong

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sejong) is explained once on the Sejong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.