Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokcho weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Sokcho: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gangneung (56 km away). In April its highs average 14.7°C, about as warm as Sokcho, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Sokcho ranks 77th of 79 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 79 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 79 cities is 16.9°C; Sokcho is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sokcho 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-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 43 | 6.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.7°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 40 | 6.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 73 | 8.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 87 | 7.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 22.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 94 | 9.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 207 | 14.1 | 14.515 h |
| August | 26.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 200 | 15.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 22.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 149 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 71 | 7.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 66 | 8.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.0°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 39 | 5.9 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Gangneung in AprilSouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Chuncheon in AprilSouth Korea · 84 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Hongch’ŏn in AprilSouth Korea · 84 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Donghae City in AprilSouth Korea · 86 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Wŏnju in AprilSouth Korea · 111 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Yangp'yŏng in AprilSouth Korea · 125 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Hwado in AprilSouth Korea · 128 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Yeoju in AprilSouth Korea · 132 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 84 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 Sokcho) is explained once on the Sokcho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.