Manp’o weather in January

In January, Manp’o sees average daytime highs of -7°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 14 mm of precipitation across 3.3 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Manp’o's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Manp’o's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-7°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
14 mm
3.3 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
8:04 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover
42%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
2.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Manp’o is city of North Korea.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Manp’o reaches about -7°C in the afternoon and slips back to -20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -13°C and -1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 4°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Manp’o

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Manp’o weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -20°143.34.49.40.0
Feb-3° / -16°234.65.210.40.0
Mar / -7°397.45.911.70.5
Apr14° / 68102.613.13.9
May20° / 11113.10.114.35.9
Jun24° / 14°13915.9014.95.8
Jul27° / 18°26618.9014.75.1
Aug26° / 18°22616.2013.65.6
Sep22° / 11°959.1012.36.8
Oct14° / 628.41.110.94.6
Nov / -6°528.35.29.70.4
Dec-5° / -17°235.56.19.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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316436

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Manp’o gets around 14 mm of rain and snow over 3.3 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 11% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:06 AM to 7:55 AM, and sunset from 5:10 PM to 5:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.18:065:10
29.18:065:11
39.18:065:12
49.18:065:13
59.18:065:14
69.18:065:15
79.28:065:15
89.28:065:16
99.28:065:17
109.28:055:18
119.28:055:19
129.38:055:20
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149.38:055:22
159.38:045:23
169.38:045:24
179.48:035:26
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209.48:025:29
219.58:025:30
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249.68:005:33
259.67:595:35
269.67:585:36
279.77:585:37
289.77:575:38
299.77:565:39
309.87:555:41
319.87:555:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.58 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 2.51 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.2Moderate
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32.2Moderate
42.2Moderate
52.3Moderate
62.3Moderate
72.3Moderate
82.3Moderate
92.3Moderate
102.4Moderate
112.4Moderate
122.4Moderate
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142.5Moderate
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272.8Moderate
282.9Moderate
292.9Moderate
302.9Moderate
313.0Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Manp’o

In seasonPeak

None of Manp’o's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Manp’o's rainy season runs June–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Manp’o?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Manp’o.

What to pack for Manp’o in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Manp’o sees daytime highs around -7°C and nights near -20°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Manp’o in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Manp’o peaks around August 18 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowAug 18UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Air quality in Manp’o in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Manp’o is worst in March — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (August, 20 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1243 µg/m³Aug 1920 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb41Poor
Mar43Poor
Apr34Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Manp’o?

Manp’o sits at 41.2°N, 126.3°E, 206 m above sea level, in North Korea. The nearest listed city is Sijung, 11 km away.

Kop’ungChunggangSongwŏn-ŭpSongwŏnYŏch’im-dongSakchu-ŭp

Topography around Manp’o

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Manp’o.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Manp’o has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m around an average of 301 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 870 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,138 m.

The land around Manp’o is covered by cropland (32%), trees (29%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (67%) within 16 km, and trees (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
492 m
16 km
870 m
80 km
2,138 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Sijung 11 km · Kanggye 32 km · Kop’ung 68 km · Chunggang 85 km · Songwŏn-ŭp 87 km · Songwŏn 93 km · Yŏch’im-dong 93 km · Sakchu-ŭp 135 km

North Korea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Safe drinking water
67%
of population, 2023
Road deaths
24.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Manp’o (41.1547°, 126.2894°, elevation 206 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).