Gimcheon climate

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Gimcheon is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.3 °C. August is the wettest month (244 mm) and December the driest (25 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gimcheon averages 1,203 mm of rain, 109 days above 25 °C and 92 days below freezing.

South Korea · population 150,000 · 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 -4.3 °C
Driest month December 25 mm
Wettest month August 244 mm
Least cloud November 45 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record January -19 °C

What to expectGimcheon through the year

Gimcheon has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.5 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 109 days a year reach 25 °C, 36 of them reach 30 °C, 92 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 244 mm against 25 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	3.5 °C	26 mm	52 %
February	6.4 °C	32 mm	50 %
March	12.0 °C	56 mm	53 %
April	18.4 °C	82 mm	54 %
May	23.7 °C	90 mm	57 %
June	27.5 °C	145 mm	69 %
July	29.2 °C	239 mm	75 %
August	29.5 °C	244 mm	69 %
September	25.0 °C	161 mm	61 %
October	19.6 °C	63 mm	46 %
November	12.4 °C	40 mm	45 %
December	5.4 °C	25 mm	47 %

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	3.5 °C	-4.3 °C	-0.7 °C	15.4 °C	-19.1 °C	0	0	28
February	6.4 °C	-2.5 °C	1.4 °C	19.9 °C	-16.1 °C	0	0	22
March	12.0 °C	1.3 °C	6.2 °C	24.8 °C	-11.1 °C	0	0	11
April	18.4 °C	6.9 °C	12.4 °C	29.9 °C	-2.3 °C	2	0	1
May	23.7 °C	12.5 °C	17.9 °C	34.9 °C	3.8 °C	12	1	0
June	27.5 °C	17.9 °C	22.5 °C	36.5 °C	10.1 °C	24	6	0
July	29.2 °C	21.8 °C	25.2 °C	37.8 °C	13.8 °C	27	13	0
August	29.5 °C	22.2 °C	25.5 °C	39.1 °C	14.8 °C	28	14	0
September	25.0 °C	17.1 °C	20.7 °C	34.6 °C	7.6 °C	15	1	0
October	19.6 °C	10.3 °C	14.6 °C	27.8 °C	-0.6 °C	1	0	0
November	12.4 °C	3.4 °C	7.5 °C	23.6 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	7
December	5.4 °C	-2.4 °C	1.1 °C	18.4 °C	-16.2 °C	0	0	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	26 mm	4	10.0 h/day	52 %	62 %	16 km/h
February	32 mm	5	11 h/day	50 %	59 %	16 km/h
March	56 mm	7	12 h/day	53 %	62 %	16 km/h
April	82 mm	8	13 h/day	54 %	62 %	16 km/h
May	90 mm	8	14 h/day	57 %	66 %	14 km/h
June	145 mm	11	15 h/day	69 %	71 %	12 km/h
July	239 mm	16	14 h/day	75 %	82 %	12 km/h
August	244 mm	16	14 h/day	69 %	81 %	12 km/h
September	161 mm	10	12 h/day	61 %	78 %	11 km/h
October	63 mm	5	11 h/day	46 %	71 %	13 km/h
November	40 mm	5	10 h/day	45 %	70 %	14 km/h
December	25 mm	4	9.7 h/day	47 %	65 %	16 km/h

How Gimcheon 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
Gimcheon	29 °C	-4.3 °C	1,203 mm	109
Gumi · South Korea	30 °C	-4.0 °C	1,119 mm	111
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
Daejeon · South Korea	29 °C	-4.3 °C	1,099 mm	110
Andong · South Korea	29 °C	-4.9 °C	1,012 mm	102
Cheongju-si · South Korea	29 °C	-4.9 °C	1,163 mm	110

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Gimcheon’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gimcheon?

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 Gimcheon get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 36 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -4.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 92 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Gimcheon?

August, averaging 244 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is December with 25 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,203 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 Gimcheon 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.