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Pyongyang Climate & Temperature

⛺ Pyongyang has a humid continental climate with severe, dry winters, hot summers and strong seasonality (Köppen-Geiger classification: Dwa).hot summer continental climate with dry winters (Dwa)

⛳ Pyongyang is situated in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome.

🌡️ The average temperature is 9.5 degrees Celsius (49.2 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 32.2 °C (58°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype truly continental.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 1000.4 mm (39.4 inches) which is equivalent to 1000.4 Litres/m² (24.54 Gallons/ft²).

Pyongyang Climate Graph

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In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach -0.7°C (30.8°F) on average falling to -11°C (12.2°F) overnight.

In spring time temperatures climb reaching 15°C (59°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 3.7°C (38.6°F).

During summer average high temperatures are 28.3°C (83°F) and average low temperatures are 18.7°C (65.6°F).

Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 17.7°C (63.8°F) during the day and lows of 6.3°C (43.4°F) generally shortly after sunrise.

✨ The longest day of the year is 14:44 long on the 22 of June and the shortest day is 9:15 long on the 21 of December.

🌞 On average there are 2687 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Pyongyang you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Mar Del Plata, Argentina where you would find a Marine west coast climate (Warm temperate dry forest biome).

🌍Pyongyang, North Korea is at 39°1'N, 125°46'E, 36 m (118 ft). Check the location on the map.

Pyongyang Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
-3 (27) 1 (34) 7 (45) 16 (61) 22 (72) 27 (81) 29 (84) 29 (84) 25 (77) 19 (66) 9 (48) 0 (32) 15 (59)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
-8 (18) -4 (24) 2 (35) 10 (50) 16 (61) 21 (69) 24 (76) 24 (76) 19 (66) 12 (53) 4 (39) -4 (24) 10 (49)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
-13 (9) -10 (14) -3 (27) 4 (39) 10 (50) 15 (59) 20 (68) 21 (70) 14 (57) 6 (43) -1 (30) -10 (14) 4 (40)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
14 (1) 13 (0) 28 (1) 53 (2) 63 (2) 91 (4) 282 (11) 248 (10) 109 (4) 42 (2) 37 (1) 21 (1) 1000 (39)
Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
3 (10) 3 (11) 4 (13) 5 (17) 7 (23) 7 (23) 12 (39) 10 (32) 7 (23) 6 (19) 7 (23) 4 (13) 75 (20)
Average Sunlight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
6h 29' 7h 19' 7h 40' 8h 20' 8h 34' 8h 42' 6h 46' 6h 52' 7h 50' 7h 50' 6h 04' 5h 50' 7h 21'
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
9h 45' 10h 40' 11h 53' 13h 11' 14h 17' 14h 50' 14h 35' 13h 39' 12h 23' 11h 05' 10h 00' 9h 27' 12h 00'
Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
68 (32) 70 (30) 65 (35) 64 (36) 61 (39) 59 (41) 47 (53) 51 (49) 64 (36) 72 (28) 62 (38) 63 (37) 61 (39)
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
31 40.3 51.1 62.8 71.1 74.4 71.4 63.1 51.7 40.2 31 27.6 51.3


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