Pyongyang

Kangdong-ŭp, North Korea Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kangdong-ŭp, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 28°C; the coldest is January, with an average low of -13°C. A normal year brings 1029 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kangdong-ŭp through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-2002040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
22°C
Normal low
11°C
Reanalysis high
27°Cin 2014
Reanalysis low
6°Cin 2018
Chance of a wet day
26%
Daylight
12 h 03 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January-2°C-13°C10°C (2002)-28°C (2001)9 mm3.1
February1°C-9°C14°C (2010)-24°C (2013)17 mm2.8
March8°C-4°C20°C (2014)-14°C (2011)25 mm3.1
April16°C2°C29°C (2015)-6°C (1993)51 mm6.0
May22°C9°C34°C (2014)-1°C (2010)81 mm9.3
June27°C15°C37°C (2001)6°C (1992)102 mm12.0
July28°C19°C38°C (1997)12°C (1993)295 mm18.6
August27°C19°C36°C (1997)9°C (2009)236 mm15.5
September23°C13°C32°C (2002)3°C (1992)102 mm9.0
October17°C5°C27°C (2019)-6°C (1996)47 mm6.2
November8°C-2°C21°C (2014)-19°C (2015)45 mm6.0
December0°C-10°C11°C (2002)-23°C (2012)19 mm3.1
Year15°C4°C1029 mm95

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

1029 mm in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kangdong-ŭp, in percent.020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Kangdong-ŭp.

The muggiest month is August, when 71 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January-11°C79%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February-9°C74%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March-4°C69%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April2°C67%99%0%0%0%0%0%
May8°C66%93%6%1%0%0%0%
June14°C69%34%38%24%4%0%0%
July20°C81%1%7%27%34%29%2%
August20°C84%1%4%23%31%37%3%
September14°C79%37%29%25%7%2%0%
October6°C75%94%5%1%0%0%0%
November-1°C77%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December-9°C79%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is January, with the sky 41 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is July, at 75 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 14.8 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 19, with 14 h 56 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 25 min.

Hours of daylight at Kangdong-ŭp through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Kangdong-ŭp in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.