Pohang climate

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Pohang is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.8 °C. August is the wettest month (204 mm) and December the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pohang averages 1,091 mm of rain, 86 days above 25 °C and 58 days below freezing.

South Korea · population 492,041 · 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 -1.8 °C
Driest month December 24 mm
Wettest month August 204 mm
Least cloud December 36 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January -14 °C
Warmest sea August 25 °C

What to expectPohang through the year

Pohang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.2 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 86 days a year reach 25 °C, 26 of them reach 30 °C, 58 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 204 mm against 24 mm in December — 8.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Pohang is warmest in August at 25 °C and coldest in February at 12 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.2 °C	30 mm	41 %
February	7.5 °C	33 mm	47 %
March	12.1 °C	61 mm	52 %
April	17.7 °C	75 mm	54 %
May	22.4 °C	84 mm	58 %
June	25.3 °C	121 mm	70 %
July	28.0 °C	196 mm	73 %
August	28.7 °C	204 mm	67 %
September	24.4 °C	159 mm	63 %
October	19.9 °C	66 mm	47 %
November	13.7 °C	39 mm	41 %
December	7.2 °C	24 mm	36 %

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	5.2 °C	-1.8 °C	1.4 °C	16.4 °C	-14.3 °C	0	0	22
February	7.5 °C	-0.4 °C	3.2 °C	19.4 °C	-13.6 °C	0	0	16
March	12.1 °C	3.5 °C	7.4 °C	23.8 °C	-5.2 °C	0	0	4
April	17.7 °C	8.5 °C	12.8 °C	32.1 °C	-0.6 °C	2	0	0
May	22.4 °C	13.6 °C	17.7 °C	34.7 °C	5.2 °C	8	1	0
June	25.3 °C	18.2 °C	21.5 °C	36.1 °C	12.1 °C	16	3	0
July	28.0 °C	22.5 °C	24.9 °C	38.6 °C	14.9 °C	23	10	0
August	28.7 °C	23.4 °C	25.7 °C	39.6 °C	16.3 °C	25	11	0
September	24.4 °C	19.0 °C	21.5 °C	34.0 °C	11.5 °C	12	1	0
October	19.9 °C	13.0 °C	16.2 °C	27.8 °C	1.7 °C	1	0	0
November	13.7 °C	6.2 °C	9.7 °C	22.9 °C	-5.3 °C	0	0	2
December	7.2 °C	0.1 °C	3.4 °C	18.4 °C	-10.8 °C	0	0	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	30 mm	5	10.0 h/day	41 %	56 %	20 km/h	13.5 °C
February	33 mm	5	11 h/day	47 %	57 %	19 km/h	12.3 °C
March	61 mm	7	12 h/day	52 %	61 %	19 km/h	12.7 °C
April	75 mm	7	13 h/day	54 %	63 %	18 km/h	14.2 °C
May	84 mm	8	14 h/day	58 %	68 %	17 km/h	16.1 °C
June	121 mm	9	15 h/day	70 %	76 %	15 km/h	19.2 °C
July	196 mm	13	14 h/day	73 %	82 %	16 km/h	22.0 °C
August	204 mm	13	14 h/day	67 %	81 %	16 km/h	24.8 °C
September	159 mm	10	12 h/day	63 %	78 %	16 km/h	23.6 °C
October	66 mm	5	11 h/day	47 %	70 %	16 km/h	21.2 °C
November	39 mm	5	10 h/day	41 %	65 %	17 km/h	18.3 °C
December	24 mm	4	9.7 h/day	36 %	59 %	20 km/h	15.9 °C

How Pohang 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
Pohang	29 °C	-1.8 °C	1,091 mm	86
Gyeongju · South Korea	29 °C	-2.8 °C	1,135 mm	104
Ulsan · South Korea	28 °C	-1.4 °C	1,246 mm	81
Gyeongsan-si · South Korea	30 °C	-3.3 °C	1,055 mm	114
Daegu · South Korea	30 °C	-3.4 °C	1,089 mm	114
Andong · South Korea	29 °C	-4.9 °C	1,012 mm	102
Gumi · South Korea	30 °C	-4.0 °C	1,119 mm	111

Where Pohang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	40thof 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Pohang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pohang?

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 Pohang get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 26 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -1.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 58 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Pohang?

August, averaging 204 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is December with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,091 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 Pohang 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.