Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokcho weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Sokcho: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gangneung (56 km away). In May its highs average 19.3°C, about as warm as Sokcho, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Sokcho ranks joint 73rd of 79 for the warmest May highs and joint 11th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.9°C; Sokcho is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 94 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 14.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 73 | 8.2 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gangneung in MaySouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Chuncheon in MaySouth Korea · 84 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Hongch’ŏn in MaySouth Korea · 84 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Donghae City in MaySouth Korea · 86 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Wŏnju in MaySouth Korea · 111 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Yangp'yŏng in MaySouth Korea · 125 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Hwado in MaySouth Korea · 128 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Yeoju in MaySouth Korea · 132 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 98 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.