Paech’ŏn-ŭp climate

Name: Paech’ŏn-ŭp
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Paech’ŏn-ŭp is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -7.5 °C. July is the wettest month (302 mm) and January the driest (16 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Paech’ŏn-ŭp averages 1,140 mm of rain, 90 days above 25 °C and 118 days below freezing.

North Korea · population 159,825 · 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 August 28 °C
Coldest month January -7.5 °C
Driest month January 16 mm
Wettest month July 302 mm
Least cloud October 44 % cloud
Hottest on record August 36 °C
Coldest on record January -25 °C

What to expectPaech’ŏn-ŭp through the year

Paech’ŏn-ŭp has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 1.1 °C in January to 28 °C in August, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 90 days a year reach 25 °C, 11 of them reach 30 °C, 118 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 302 mm against 16 mm in January — 19 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	1.1 °C	16 mm	45 %
February	4.0 °C	22 mm	44 %
March	9.4 °C	31 mm	47 %
April	15.8 °C	59 mm	50 %
May	21.3 °C	98 mm	55 %
June	25.7 °C	129 mm	64 %
July	27.3 °C	302 mm	75 %
August	28.2 °C	263 mm	65 %
September	24.5 °C	105 mm	55 %
October	18.3 °C	47 mm	44 %
November	10.1 °C	45 mm	46 %
December	2.9 °C	21 mm	44 %

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	1.1 °C	-7.5 °C	-3.4 °C	11.0 °C	-24.8 °C	0	0	30
February	4.0 °C	-5.0 °C	-0.9 °C	15.1 °C	-19.7 °C	0	0	26
March	9.4 °C	-0.5 °C	4.1 °C	20.2 °C	-8.5 °C	0	0	18
April	15.8 °C	5.5 °C	10.4 °C	25.5 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	1
May	21.3 °C	11.3 °C	16.1 °C	31.7 °C	3.5 °C	4	0	0
June	25.7 °C	16.9 °C	21.1 °C	33.1 °C	11.0 °C	18	1	0
July	27.3 °C	21.2 °C	23.9 °C	34.9 °C	14.8 °C	25	4	0
August	28.2 °C	21.6 °C	24.6 °C	35.8 °C	13.6 °C	28	6	0
September	24.5 °C	16.0 °C	20.0 °C	30.4 °C	6.5 °C	13	0	0
October	18.3 °C	8.7 °C	13.2 °C	26.9 °C	-2.9 °C	1	0	1
November	10.1 °C	1.4 °C	5.6 °C	22.7 °C	-13.0 °C	0	0	13
December	2.9 °C	-5.2 °C	-1.3 °C	13.4 °C	-21.9 °C	0	0	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	16 mm	3	9.8 h/day	45 %	59 %	18 km/h
February	22 mm	4	11 h/day	44 %	60 %	18 km/h
March	31 mm	5	12 h/day	47 %	65 %	19 km/h
April	59 mm	7	13 h/day	50 %	67 %	19 km/h
May	98 mm	8	14 h/day	55 %	71 %	17 km/h
June	129 mm	9	15 h/day	64 %	76 %	15 km/h
July	302 mm	16	15 h/day	75 %	85 %	16 km/h
August	263 mm	14	14 h/day	65 %	83 %	15 km/h
September	105 mm	7	12 h/day	55 %	76 %	14 km/h
October	47 mm	5	11 h/day	44 %	71 %	16 km/h
November	45 mm	7	10 h/day	46 %	70 %	17 km/h
December	21 mm	4	9.5 h/day	44 %	63 %	18 km/h

How Paech’ŏn-ŭp 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
Paech’ŏn-ŭp	28 °C	-7.5 °C	1,140 mm	90
Kaesŏng · North Korea	29 °C	-7.7 °C	1,180 mm	96
Haeju · North Korea	27 °C	-6.5 °C	1,064 mm	68
Goyang-si · South Korea	28 °C	-7.2 °C	1,203 mm	91
Bucheon-si · South Korea	28 °C	-6.4 °C	1,153 mm	83
Incheon · South Korea	28 °C	-6.1 °C	1,152 mm	71
Sariwŏn-si · North Korea	28 °C	-8.3 °C	961 mm	99

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Paech’ŏn-ŭp.

QuestionsCommon questions about Paech’ŏn-ŭp’s climate

When is the best time to visit Paech’ŏn-ŭp?

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

How hot does Paech’ŏn-ŭp get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 11 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -7.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 118 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Paech’ŏn-ŭp?

July, averaging 302 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is January with 16 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,140 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 Paech’ŏn-ŭp 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.