Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokcho weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Sokcho: daytime highs average 1.4°C and nights cool to about -5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 43 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gangneung (56 km away). In January its highs average 2.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Sokcho, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Sokcho ranks joint 71st of 79 for the warmest January highs and 75th of 79 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 3.6°C; Sokcho is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 3.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 43 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gangneung in JanuarySouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -4.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Chuncheon in JanuarySouth Korea · 84 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -7.6°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Hongch’ŏn in JanuarySouth Korea · 84 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -7.6°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Donghae City in JanuarySouth Korea · 86 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Wŏnju in JanuarySouth Korea · 111 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -7.0°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Yangp'yŏng in JanuarySouth Korea · 125 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -6.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Hwado in JanuarySouth Korea · 128 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -7.2°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Yeoju in JanuarySouth Korea · 132 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.3°C · 22 mm precipitation
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.