Climate averages 1991–2020

Sokcho weather
in June.

A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 22.9°C Daytime mean, June

Average low 16.5°C Night-time mean, June

Rainfall 94 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

June is a warm month in Sokcho: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 46 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gangneung (56 km away). In June its highs average 22.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Sokcho, with 118 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Sokcho ranks 73rd of 79 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 79 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 79 cities is 25.7°C; Sokcho is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 207 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Sokcho, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Sokcho

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 Sokcho) is explained once on the Sokcho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.