Daegu climate

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Daegu is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.4 °C. July is the wettest month (213 mm) and December the driest (22 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Daegu averages 1,089 mm of rain, 114 days above 25 °C and 83 days below freezing.

South Korea · population 2,365,523 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January -3.4 °C
Driest month December 22 mm
Wettest month July 213 mm
Least cloud December 39 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record January -16 °C

What to expectDaegu through the year

Daegu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.6 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 114 days a year reach 25 °C, 42 of them reach 30 °C, 83 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 213 mm against 22 mm in December — 9.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.6 °C	23 mm	44 %
February	7.4 °C	30 mm	47 %
March	12.7 °C	59 mm	52 %
April	19.0 °C	80 mm	54 %
May	24.3 °C	92 mm	58 %
June	28.0 °C	132 mm	70 %
July	29.4 °C	213 mm	75 %
August	29.9 °C	201 mm	67 %
September	25.4 °C	143 mm	61 %
October	20.2 °C	58 mm	45 %
November	13.2 °C	36 mm	42 %
December	6.4 °C	22 mm	39 %

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	4.6 °C	-3.4 °C	0.1 °C	16.2 °C	-16.2 °C	0	0	27
February	7.4 °C	-1.7 °C	2.3 °C	19.7 °C	-14.1 °C	0	0	20
March	12.7 °C	2.2 °C	7.0 °C	23.7 °C	-5.9 °C	0	0	8
April	19.0 °C	8.0 °C	13.0 °C	31.0 °C	-2.6 °C	3	0	1
May	24.3 °C	13.2 °C	18.4 °C	36.4 °C	5.0 °C	14	2	0
June	28.0 °C	18.1 °C	22.6 °C	37.4 °C	10.4 °C	24	8	0
July	29.4 °C	21.9 °C	25.3 °C	38.7 °C	15.0 °C	27	14	0
August	29.9 °C	22.4 °C	25.8 °C	41.0 °C	15.1 °C	28	16	0
September	25.4 °C	17.2 °C	21.0 °C	35.4 °C	9.3 °C	16	2	0
October	20.2 °C	10.5 °C	15.1 °C	28.4 °C	-0.5 °C	2	0	0
November	13.2 °C	4.0 °C	8.3 °C	23.5 °C	-6.7 °C	0	0	5
December	6.4 °C	-1.8 °C	1.9 °C	17.7 °C	-12.2 °C	0	0	22

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	23 mm	4	10.0 h/day	44 %	57 %	15 km/h
February	30 mm	4	11 h/day	47 %	56 %	15 km/h
March	59 mm	7	12 h/day	52 %	59 %	15 km/h
April	80 mm	7	13 h/day	54 %	59 %	15 km/h
May	92 mm	7	14 h/day	58 %	63 %	14 km/h
June	132 mm	9	15 h/day	70 %	70 %	13 km/h
July	213 mm	14	14 h/day	75 %	82 %	13 km/h
August	201 mm	15	14 h/day	67 %	80 %	12 km/h
September	143 mm	9	12 h/day	61 %	78 %	12 km/h
October	58 mm	4	11 h/day	45 %	70 %	12 km/h
November	36 mm	4	10 h/day	42 %	67 %	13 km/h
December	22 mm	3	9.7 h/day	39 %	61 %	14 km/h

How Daegu 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
Daegu	30 °C	-3.4 °C	1,089 mm	114
Gyeongsan-si · South Korea	30 °C	-3.3 °C	1,055 mm	114
Gumi · South Korea	30 °C	-4.0 °C	1,119 mm	111
Gimcheon · South Korea	29 °C	-4.3 °C	1,203 mm	109
Gyeongju · South Korea	29 °C	-2.8 °C	1,135 mm	104
Changwon · South Korea	29 °C	-1.5 °C	1,323 mm	92
Pohang · South Korea	29 °C	-1.8 °C	1,091 mm	86

Where Daegu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	29thof 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Daegu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Daegu?

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 Daegu get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 42 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -3.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 83 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Daegu?

July, averaging 213 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is December with 22 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,089 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 Daegu 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.