Sokcho climate

Sokcho Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 3°C on January 1 to 2°C on January 31, and lows from -3°C to -4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 37 mm over about 6 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sokcho, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
2°C
Average low
-3°C
Precipitation
37 mm
Reanalysis high
10°CJan 14, 2002
Reanalysis low
-16°CJan 22, 2004
Daylight
9 h 34 min to 10 h 15 min
Cloud cover
56%
Humidity
77%
Dew point
-5°C
Wind
21.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 13°C-3°C8°C 1997-9°C 201014%
Jan 23°C-3°C7°C 2016-11°C 199714%
Jan 33°C-3°C9°C 2016-12°C 201313%
Jan 42°C-3°C7°C 1999-11°C 200114%
Jan 52°C-3°C8°C 2015-14°C 200313%
Jan 62°C-3°C8°C 2020-11°C 200314%
Jan 72°C-3°C9°C 1996-10°C 200015%
Jan 82°C-3°C9°C 2020-10°C 199916%
Jan 92°C-3°C7°C 1994-10°C 199617%
Jan 102°C-3°C6°C 2020-9°C 199918%
Jan 112°C-3°C6°C 2002-12°C 200118%
Jan 122°C-3°C10°C 2002-14°C 200119%
Jan 132°C-3°C8°C 2002-13°C 201019%
Jan 142°C-3°C10°C 2002-14°C 200120%
Jan 152°C-3°C10°C 2002-14°C 200120%
Jan 162°C-3°C7°C 2002-15°C 200120%
Jan 172°C-3°C7°C 2018-12°C 200120%
Jan 182°C-3°C6°C 1999-11°C 199421%
Jan 192°C-4°C8°C 1999-14°C 201621%
Jan 202°C-4°C9°C 2010-11°C 199422%
Jan 212°C-4°C6°C 2009-14°C 200421%
Jan 222°C-4°C8°C 2009-16°C 200421%
Jan 232°C-4°C9°C 2020-12°C 201621%
Jan 242°C-4°C8°C 1999-14°C 201820%
Jan 252°C-4°C8°C 2020-12°C 201320%
Jan 261°C-4°C7°C 2020-13°C 201319%
Jan 271°C-4°C8°C 1999-10°C 201320%
Jan 281°C-4°C7°C 2020-10°C 200319%
Jan 292°C-4°C9°C 2014-14°C 200318%
Jan 302°C-4°C7°C 2019-12°C 201118%
Jan 312°C-4°C7°C 2013-10°C 201117%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Sokcho, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9).

January 1
sunrise 7:42 AM, sunset 5:16 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:32 AM, sunset 5:47 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

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.