Climate averages 1991–2020
Wŏnju weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Wŏnju: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yeoju (28 km away). In March its highs average 10.7°C, about as warm as Wŏnju, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Wŏnju ranks joint 53rd of 79 for the warmest March highs and joint 42nd of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Wŏnju is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 88 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Wŏnju 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-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 24 | 4.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.7°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 34 | 4.6 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 10.2°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 54 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 88 | 8.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 102 | 9.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 129 | 9.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 286 | 17.4 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 228 | 15.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 130 | 8.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 58 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.4°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 47 | 7.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 28 | 5.5 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Yeoju in MarchSouth Korea · 28 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Hongch’ŏn in MarchSouth Korea · 38 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Chungju in MarchSouth Korea · 42 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Yangp'yŏng in MarchSouth Korea · 43 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Icheon-si in MarchSouth Korea · 45 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Chuncheon in MarchSouth Korea · 61 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Gwangju, South Korea in MarchSouth Korea · 61 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Hwado in MarchSouth Korea · 65 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.2°C · 43 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 Wŏnju) is explained once on the Wŏnju year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.