Mokpo climate

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Mokpo is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.3 °C. July is the wettest month (231 mm) and January the driest (35 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mokpo averages 1,244 mm of rain, 65 days above 25 °C and 42 days below freezing.

South Korea · population 268,402 · 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 -0.3 °C
Driest month January 35 mm
Wettest month July 231 mm
Least cloud October 47 % cloud
Hottest on record August 36 °C
Coldest on record January -9.2 °C

What to expectMokpo through the year

Mokpo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.7 °C in January to 28 °C in August, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 65 days a year reach 25 °C, 6 of them reach 30 °C, 42 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 231 mm against 35 mm in January — 6.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.7 °C	35 mm	69 %
February	6.1 °C	41 mm	64 %
March	9.9 °C	69 mm	57 %
April	14.9 °C	93 mm	57 %
May	19.5 °C	104 mm	60 %
June	23.2 °C	176 mm	71 %
July	26.1 °C	231 mm	72 %
August	27.7 °C	207 mm	62 %
September	24.4 °C	147 mm	57 %
October	19.3 °C	56 mm	47 %
November	13.1 °C	51 mm	53 %
December	7.1 °C	37 mm	62 %

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	4.7 °C	-0.3 °C	2.3 °C	15.5 °C	-9.2 °C	0	0	17
February	6.1 °C	0.4 °C	3.2 °C	17.2 °C	-7.3 °C	0	0	13
March	9.9 °C	3.5 °C	6.5 °C	19.8 °C	-3.3 °C	0	0	3
April	14.9 °C	8.1 °C	11.3 °C	23.5 °C	-0.1 °C	0	0	0
May	19.5 °C	13.0 °C	16.1 °C	26.5 °C	5.1 °C	0	0	0
June	23.2 °C	17.6 °C	20.2 °C	29.4 °C	11.1 °C	5	0	0
July	26.1 °C	22.1 °C	23.9 °C	33.1 °C	15.8 °C	21	1	0
August	27.7 °C	23.1 °C	25.2 °C	35.9 °C	17.8 °C	27	4	0
September	24.4 °C	18.9 °C	21.4 °C	30.4 °C	11.5 °C	12	0	0
October	19.3 °C	13.0 °C	16.0 °C	26.8 °C	3.6 °C	0	0	0
November	13.1 °C	7.2 °C	10.1 °C	22.6 °C	-1.7 °C	0	0	0
December	7.1 °C	1.7 °C	4.5 °C	17.4 °C	-7.3 °C	0	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	35 mm	6	10 h/day	69 %	68 %	25 km/h
February	41 mm	6	11 h/day	64 %	68 %	25 km/h
March	69 mm	7	12 h/day	57 %	71 %	24 km/h
April	93 mm	7	13 h/day	57 %	75 %	23 km/h
May	104 mm	8	14 h/day	60 %	79 %	21 km/h
June	176 mm	10	14 h/day	71 %	84 %	19 km/h
July	231 mm	14	14 h/day	72 %	89 %	20 km/h
August	207 mm	14	13 h/day	62 %	85 %	19 km/h
September	147 mm	8	12 h/day	57 %	80 %	18 km/h
October	56 mm	5	11 h/day	47 %	73 %	20 km/h
November	51 mm	6	10 h/day	53 %	71 %	22 km/h
December	37 mm	7	9.8 h/day	62 %	69 %	25 km/h

How Mokpo 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
Mokpo	28 °C	-0.3 °C	1,244 mm	65
Gwangju · South Korea	29 °C	-3.0 °C	1,246 mm	107
Suncheon · South Korea	29 °C	-2.2 °C	1,520 mm	106
Yeosu · South Korea	28 °C	-0.2 °C	1,406 mm	67
Gwangyang · South Korea	29 °C	-2.5 °C	1,527 mm	95
Jeonju · South Korea	29 °C	-3.8 °C	1,214 mm	105
Gunsan · South Korea	28 °C	-2.4 °C	1,159 mm	74

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mokpo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mokpo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, 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 Mokpo get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 6 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 -0.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 42 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Mokpo?

July, averaging 231 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 35 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,244 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 Mokpo 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: 34.813°, 126.392° (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.