Kanggye climate

Name: Kanggye
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Kanggye is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -20 °C. July is the wettest month (264 mm) and January the driest (15 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kanggye averages 1,103 mm of rain, 68 days above 25 °C and 154 days below freezing.

North Korea · population 209,530 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 27 °C
Coldest month January -20 °C
Driest month January 15 mm
Wettest month July 264 mm
Least cloud January 42 % cloud
Hottest on record August 35 °C
Coldest on record January -37 °C

What to expectKanggye through the year

Kanggye has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -5.7 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 35 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 68 days a year reach 25 °C, 7 of them reach 30 °C, 154 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 264 mm against 15 mm in January — 17 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-5.7 °C	15 mm	42 %
February	-1.7 °C	25 mm	44 %
March	5.2 °C	43 mm	50 %
April	13.8 °C	70 mm	55 %
May	20.1 °C	109 mm	58 %
June	24.5 °C	130 mm	67 %
July	26.8 °C	264 mm	73 %
August	26.6 °C	208 mm	66 %
September	22.0 °C	94 mm	52 %
October	14.4 °C	62 mm	45 %
November	4.6 °C	55 mm	49 %
December	-3.9 °C	27 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-5.7 °C	-19.8 °C	-12.1 °C	6.0 °C	-36.6 °C	0	0	31
February	-1.7 °C	-15.4 °C	-8.0 °C	12.6 °C	-30.7 °C	0	0	28
March	5.2 °C	-5.8 °C	-0.2 °C	20.6 °C	-25.5 °C	0	0	26
April	13.8 °C	2.0 °C	7.9 °C	26.4 °C	-10.4 °C	0	0	8
May	20.1 °C	8.5 °C	14.5 °C	31.0 °C	-2.1 °C	4	0	0
June	24.5 °C	14.5 °C	19.5 °C	32.1 °C	4.5 °C	13	1	0
July	26.8 °C	18.9 °C	22.7 °C	34.4 °C	10.7 °C	23	4	0
August	26.6 °C	18.1 °C	22.3 °C	35.0 °C	6.3 °C	23	3	0
September	22.0 °C	11.5 °C	16.8 °C	29.0 °C	1.0 °C	5	0	0
October	14.4 °C	3.6 °C	8.8 °C	26.7 °C	-11.2 °C	0	0	6
November	4.6 °C	-4.9 °C	-0.2 °C	17.7 °C	-27.3 °C	0	0	23
December	-3.9 °C	-16.8 °C	-9.7 °C	9.4 °C	-36.5 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	15 mm	4	9.6 h/day	42 %	67 %	9.5 km/h
February	25 mm	5	11 h/day	44 %	64 %	11 km/h
March	43 mm	8	12 h/day	50 %	59 %	13 km/h
April	70 mm	10	13 h/day	55 %	62 %	14 km/h
May	109 mm	13	14 h/day	58 %	70 %	13 km/h
June	130 mm	15	15 h/day	67 %	78 %	9.9 km/h
July	264 mm	19	15 h/day	73 %	84 %	9.1 km/h
August	208 mm	16	14 h/day	66 %	82 %	8.7 km/h
September	94 mm	9	12 h/day	52 %	75 %	9.3 km/h
October	62 mm	8	11 h/day	45 %	69 %	10 km/h
November	55 mm	9	9.9 h/day	49 %	67 %	11 km/h
December	27 mm	6	9.3 h/day	46 %	68 %	9.7 km/h

How Kanggye compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Kanggye	27 °C	-20 °C	1,103 mm	68
Tonghua · China	26 °C	-21 °C	945 mm	59
Baishan · China	26 °C	-21 °C	1,059 mm	55
Tŏkch’ŏn · North Korea	27 °C	-15 °C	1,409 mm	75
Hamhŭng · North Korea	26 °C	-11 °C	1,131 mm	52
Hyesan · North Korea	25 °C	-22 °C	774 mm	40
Kaech’ŏn · North Korea	28 °C	-13 °C	1,290 mm	90

Where Kanggye ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in December	49thof 50	-3.9 °C
The coolest places in Asia in January	50thof 50	-5.7 °C
The coolest places in Asia in March	50thof 50	5.2 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kanggye.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kanggye’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kanggye?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kanggye get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 7 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -20 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 154 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kanggye?

July, averaging 264 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is January with 15 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,103 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Kanggye rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.