Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokcho weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Sokcho: daytime highs average 3.7°C and nights cool to about -4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gangneung (56 km away). In February its highs average 4.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sokcho, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Sokcho ranks joint 77th of 79 for the warmest February highs and joint 63rd of 79 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 79 cities is 6.0°C; Sokcho is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Gangneung in FebruarySouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -2.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Chuncheon in FebruarySouth Korea · 84 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -5.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Hongch’ŏn in FebruarySouth Korea · 84 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -5.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Donghae City in FebruarySouth Korea · 86 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Wŏnju in FebruarySouth Korea · 111 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Yangp'yŏng in FebruarySouth Korea · 125 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Hwado in FebruarySouth Korea · 128 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Yeoju in FebruarySouth Korea · 132 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -4.2°C · 31 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.