Climate guideThirty-year normals for Hamhung
Hamhung climate by month
Monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental · DwaBest May · Sep–Oct
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing28°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation878 mm93 wet days a year
39.92° N, 127.54° EElevation 16 mUTC+9 · Korean Standard Time
When to goHamhung · weather score
Best timeMay · Sep–Oct
October: high / low17° / 9°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Hamhung has a monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 26° and nights 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 0° and lows of -10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 28°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 878 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (210 mm, 17 wet days) and January the driest (13 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 26% in December to 53% in July.
Compared with Pyongyang, the capital, Hamhung is 1.9° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · August
- Coldest nights
- -10° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 26% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 59 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 22 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 0° | 3° | 7° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 22° | 17° | 9° | 3° |
| Average low | -10° | -7° | -2° | 5° | 11° | 16° | 20° | 21° | 16° | 9° | 1° | -6° |
| Precipitation | 13 mm | 17 mm | 26 mm | 49 mm | 66 mm | 104 mm | 210 mm | 193 mm | 107 mm | 41 mm | 38 mm | 14 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.2 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 6 | 7.2 | 11.4 | 16.6 | 15.3 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 6 | 4 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 29% | 33% | 34% | 40% | 47% | 53% | 47% | 37% | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Daylight | 9h 38 | 10h 41 | 11h 53 | 13h 14 | 14h 22 | 14h 59 | 14h 45 | 13h 47 | 12h 30 | 11h 13 | 10h 01 | 9h 22 |
| Month score | 50 | 49 | 44 | 63 | 79 | 66 | 56 | 55 | 77 | 82 | 44 | 49 |
ivMonth by month
Hamhung in every month
January50
0° / -10°
13 mm · 3.2 wet days
February49
3° / -7°
17 mm · 3.8 wet days
March44
7° / -2°
26 mm · 5.2 wet days
April63
14° / 5°
49 mm · 6 wet days
May79
19° / 11°
66 mm · 7.2 wet days
June66
23° / 16°
104 mm · 11.4 wet days
July56
25° / 20°
210 mm · 16.6 wet days
August55
26° / 21°
193 mm · 15.3 wet days
September77
22° / 16°
107 mm · 8.7 wet days
October82
17° / 9°
41 mm · 5.5 wet days
November44
9° / 1°
38 mm · 6 wet days
December49
3° / -6°
14 mm · 4 wet days