Andong climate

Name: Andong
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Andong is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.9 °C. July is the wettest month (210 mm) and December the driest (20 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Andong averages 1,012 mm of rain, 102 days above 25 °C and 96 days below freezing.

South Korea · population 153,348 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January -4.9 °C
Driest month December 20 mm
Wettest month July 210 mm
Least cloud December 40 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record January -23 °C

What to expectAndong through the year

Andong has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.1 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 102 days a year reach 25 °C, 30 of them reach 30 °C, 96 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 210 mm against 20 mm in December — 11 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.1 °C	21 mm	44 %
February	5.9 °C	29 mm	47 %
March	11.3 °C	50 mm	52 %
April	17.9 °C	76 mm	53 %
May	23.3 °C	86 mm	57 %
June	27.1 °C	115 mm	66 %
July	28.5 °C	210 mm	73 %
August	28.9 °C	193 mm	67 %
September	24.5 °C	132 mm	60 %
October	19.1 °C	51 mm	46 %
November	11.7 °C	31 mm	44 %
December	4.8 °C	20 mm	40 %

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	3.1 °C	-4.9 °C	-1.2 °C	14.1 °C	-23.1 °C	0	0	29
February	5.9 °C	-2.9 °C	1.0 °C	18.5 °C	-22.5 °C	0	0	22
March	11.3 °C	1.2 °C	5.8 °C	23.6 °C	-12.7 °C	0	0	12
April	17.9 °C	6.8 °C	12.0 °C	29.8 °C	-3.1 °C	1	0	1
May	23.3 °C	12.4 °C	17.5 °C	34.2 °C	4.5 °C	11	1	0
June	27.1 °C	17.6 °C	22.0 °C	36.9 °C	9.4 °C	23	5	0
July	28.5 °C	21.4 °C	24.6 °C	36.6 °C	13.7 °C	26	11	0
August	28.9 °C	21.8 °C	25.0 °C	38.1 °C	14.3 °C	27	12	0
September	24.5 °C	16.6 °C	20.2 °C	33.4 °C	7.8 °C	13	1	0
October	19.1 °C	9.8 °C	14.1 °C	26.9 °C	-1.9 °C	1	0	0
November	11.7 °C	3.1 °C	7.1 °C	22.3 °C	-8.8 °C	0	0	8
December	4.8 °C	-2.9 °C	0.7 °C	16.2 °C	-14.4 °C	0	0	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	21 mm	4	9.9 h/day	44 %	58 %	17 km/h
February	29 mm	4	11 h/day	47 %	57 %	17 km/h
March	50 mm	7	12 h/day	52 %	61 %	18 km/h
April	76 mm	7	13 h/day	53 %	61 %	18 km/h
May	86 mm	7	14 h/day	57 %	64 %	16 km/h
June	115 mm	8	15 h/day	66 %	69 %	14 km/h
July	210 mm	14	14 h/day	73 %	81 %	14 km/h
August	193 mm	14	14 h/day	67 %	80 %	14 km/h
September	132 mm	9	12 h/day	60 %	77 %	13 km/h
October	51 mm	4	11 h/day	46 %	72 %	14 km/h
November	31 mm	4	10 h/day	44 %	69 %	15 km/h
December	20 mm	4	9.7 h/day	40 %	63 %	17 km/h

How Andong 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
Andong	29 °C	-4.9 °C	1,012 mm	102
Gumi · South Korea	30 °C	-4.0 °C	1,119 mm	111
Gimcheon · South Korea	29 °C	-4.3 °C	1,203 mm	109
Daegu · South Korea	30 °C	-3.4 °C	1,089 mm	114
Gyeongsan-si · South Korea	30 °C	-3.3 °C	1,055 mm	114
Pohang · South Korea	29 °C	-1.8 °C	1,091 mm	86
Chungju · South Korea	29 °C	-6.2 °C	1,173 mm	101

Where Andong ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	21st of 50	94/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Andong’s climate

When is the best time to visit Andong?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Andong get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 30 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -4.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 96 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Andong?

July, averaging 210 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is December with 20 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,012 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 Andong 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
Data point: 36.566°, 128.723° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.