Climate and average weather in Namyang-nodongjagu

In Namyang-nodongjagu, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are frigid, snowy, and mostly clear.

Best: early May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Namyang-nodongjagu typically varies from -18°C to 26°C, and is rarely below -25°C or above 32°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Namyang-nodongjagu for warm-weather activities is from early May to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
26°
Coldest
Jan
-18°
Wettest
Jul
137 mm
Driest
Jan
8 mm
Rain / yr
627 mm
84 wet days
Daylight
8.8–15.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
99 m
43.0°N
Clearest
Jan
38% cloud

Namyang-nodongjagu weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Namyang-nodongjagu, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.8 months, from May 9 to October 1, with daily high temperatures above 18°C. The hottest month of the year in Namyang-nodongjagu is August, with an average high of 26°C and low of 17°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from November 25 to February 22, with daily high temperatures below -0°C. The coldest month of the year in Namyang-nodongjagu is January, with an average low of -18°C and high of -7°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in February.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-7-18
Feb-2-15
Mar5-6
Apr141
May197
Jun2313
Jul2617
Aug2617
Sep2110
Oct142
Nov3-6
Dec-5-15

How hot and cold Namyang-nodongjagu really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -25°C (around January 18), with roughly 191 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 124 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-7-7-25-18
Feb-2-2-21-15
Mar55-11-6
Apr1414-21
May191957
Jun23231313
Jul26261717
Aug26261717
Sep2121910
Oct141402
Nov33-11-6
Dec-5-5-21-15

Average hourly temperature in Namyang-nodongjagu

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 26°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -18°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Namyang-nodongjagu weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -18°81.41.79.20.0
Feb-2° / -15°102.22.510.20.0
Mar / -7°214.93.811.60.6
Apr14° / 416.81.813.14.1
May19° / 7611.50.114.45.9
Jun23° / 13°7411.1015.16.4
Jul26° / 17°13712.6014.86.1
Aug26° / 17°12612.1013.86.2
Sep21° / 10°637.6012.37.0
Oct14° / 3860.710.84.7
Nov / -6°254.73.29.50.4
Dec-5° / -15°102.62.88.90.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Namyang-nodongjagu gets about 627 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.2 months, from around Apr 14 to Sep 19, peaking in July at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 23.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 137 mm over about 13 wet days; January is the driest, with 8 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 24 · 42%Jan 23 · 4%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan51
Feb82
Mar165
Apr247
May3612
Jun3711
Jul4013
Aug3912
Sep268
Oct196
Nov165
Dec83

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Namyang-nodongjagu collects about 627 mm of rain across 84 wet days — roughly 52 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 137 mm, while January is the driest at just 8 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 54% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150175JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec8102141767413712663382510
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan812
Feb1023
Mar2154
Apr4172
May76120
Jun74110
Jul137130
Aug126120
Sep6380
Oct3861
Nov2553
Dec1033

Snow in Namyang-nodongjagu

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Namyang-nodongjagu averages about 17 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 15 to May 4 — about 6.6 months.

March is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 15 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 79 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonMar 5
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan29
Feb312
Mar415
Apr212
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct12
Nov319
Dec310

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Namyang-nodongjagu, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around September 8 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around February 27. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 70% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around February 28 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around September 7. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 69% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 5 · 71%Jun 29 · 30%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7030
Feb6139
Mar4852
Apr4555
May4357
Jun3565
Jul3169
Aug3862
Sep5743
Oct6436
Nov6337
Dec6832

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 16, brings about 15 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 16, only 8 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.27:555:05
Feb10.27:285:43
Mar11.66:416:19
Apr13.15:466:56
May14.45:037:30
Jun15.14:467:55
Jul14.85:007:52
Aug13.85:327:18
Sep12.36:066:24
Oct10.86:415:30
Nov9.57:214:51
Dec8.97:514:42

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Namyang-nodongjagu averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 17 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.6 months, from around Sep 10 to Feb 25. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 17 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 5 sunny days — about 67% fewer than the January peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightJan 1017 daysJul 255 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan17Bright
Feb12Mixed
Mar9Mixed
Apr7Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul6Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep12Mixed
Oct16Bright
Nov14Mixed
Dec16Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Namyang-nodongjagu, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.9 months, from around June 16 to September 11. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 76% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 12 to June 15, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 8 · 100%Aug 2 · 9%oppressivemuggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr1000000
May963000
Jun44351830
Jul41838328
Aug717343210
Sep65211130
Oct991000
Nov1000000
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Namyang-nodongjagu is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Oct 25 to May 9. The windiest month is December, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 10 to Oct 24, with August the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 31 · 10 km/hAug 14 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb10calm
Mar10calm
Apr10calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep7calm
Oct8calm
Nov9calm
Dec10calm

Hazard calendar for Namyang-nodongjagu

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Namyang-nodongjagu's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Best time to visit Namyang-nodongjagu

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Namyang-nodongjagu throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid May, Namyang-nodongjagu is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Namyang-nodongjagu for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 18 · 7.1

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.7poor
Apr4.0fair
May5.9good
Jun6.4good
Jul6.1good
Aug6.3good
Sep6.9good
Oct4.6fair
Nov0.4poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Namyang-nodongjagu for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 9 · 6.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Namyang-nodongjagu, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 26°C), the essentials are light clothes and rain gear. In the cold season around January (highs near -7°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Namyang-nodongjagu sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Namyang-nodongjagu by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Namyang-nodongjagu peaks around August 19 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowAug 19UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May7High
Jun7High
Jul5High
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Namyang-nodongjagu

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 3.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar2.50
Apr5.50
May72.5
Jun7.52.5
Jul6.50
Aug7.53.5
Sep6.52
Oct30
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Namyang-nodongjagu by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Namyang-nodongjagu is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1746 µg/m³Aug 1417 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Moderate
Feb37Poor
Mar47Poor
Apr36Poor
May28Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Namyang-nodongjagu typically lasts about 197 days, from around April 11 to October 24 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 29 to October 4.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2210%Apr 1150%Apr 2990%Oct 490%Oct 2450%Nov 1210%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan031
Feb128
Mar931
Apr6128
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep990
Oct6826
Nov1030
Dec031

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Namyang-nodongjagu banks about 1,221 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May100
Jun237
Jul351
Aug350
Sep172
Oct10
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Namyang-nodongjagu receives about 3.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.0 and 5.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around Mar 2 to Sep 29. The brightest month is May, averaging about 5.5 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.0 kWh/m² — roughly 63% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 295.6 kWhDec 142.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.4Moderate
Feb3.4Moderate
Mar4.5Bright
Apr5.2Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun5.3Bright
Jul4.5Bright
Aug4.2Bright
Sep4.2Bright
Oct3.3Moderate
Nov2.3Moderate
Dec2.0Dim

Where is Namyang-nodongjagu?

Namyang-nodongjagu sits at 43.0°N, 129.9°E, 99 m above sea level, in North Korea. The nearest listed city is Namyang, 0.0 km away.

HoeryŏngŬndŏkAoji-riSŏnbongUnggiRajin

Topography around Namyang-nodongjagu

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Namyang-nodongjagu.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Namyang-nodongjagu has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 312 m around an average of 163 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 672 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,478 m.

The land around Namyang-nodongjagu is covered by cropland (33%), trees (24%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
312 m
16 km
672 m
80 km
1,478 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Namyang 0.0 km · Onsŏng 11 km · Hoeryŏng 58 km · Ŭndŏk 62 km · Aoji-ri 65 km · Sŏnbong 80 km · Unggi 82 km · Rajin 85 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 Namyang-nodongjagu (42.9539°, 129.8572°, elevation 99 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).