Climate and average weather in Rajin

In Rajin, the summers are humid, warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly clear.

Best: late May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Rajin typically varies from -12°C to 25°C, and is rarely below -18°C or above 29°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 Rajin for warm-weather activities is from late May to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
25°
Coldest
Jan
-12°
Wettest
Jul
151 mm
Driest
Feb
14 mm
Rain / yr
752 mm
91 wet days
Daylight
8.9–15.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
16 m
42.3°N
Clearest
Jan
32% cloud

Rajin 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 late May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.4 months, from May 25 to October 4, with daily high temperatures above 18°C. The hottest month of the year in Rajin is August, with an average high of 25°C and low of 19°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from November 29 to February 27, with daily high temperatures below 1°C. The coldest month of the year in Rajin is January, with an average low of -12°C and high of -4°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 9°C) in April.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-4-12
Feb-1-10
Mar5-4
Apr123
May168
Jun2013
Jul2318
Aug2519
Sep2113
Oct156
Nov5-2
Dec-2-9

How hot and cold Rajin 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 -20°C (around January 16), with roughly 171 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 106 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-4-4-19-12
Feb-1-1-16-10
Mar55-8-4
Apr121203
May161678
Jun20201313
Jul23231818
Aug25251919
Sep21211313
Oct151546
Nov55-7-2
Dec-2-2-16-9

Average hourly temperature in Rajin

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 25°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -12°C.

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

Rajin 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-4° / -12°152.52.99.30.0
Feb-1° / -10°142.52.810.30.0
Mar / -4°254.83.511.60.4
Apr12° / 4471.813.13.1
May16° / 8511.80.214.45.0
Jun20° / 13°8811.10155.8
Jul23° / 18°15114014.86.0
Aug25° / 19°15014.5013.76.0
Sep21° / 13°877.9012.36.9
Oct15° / 445.90.410.85.1
Nov / -2°334.72.79.60.8
Dec-2° / -10°173.9490.0

Chance of rain

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

Rajin gets about 752 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 5.1 months, from around Apr 16 to Sep 17, peaking in August at about 49% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 31.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 151 mm over about 14 wet days; February is the driest, with 14 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 9 · 49%Jan 31 · 5%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan83
Feb93
Mar155
Apr257
May3612
Jun3811
Jul4414
Aug4615
Sep278
Oct186
Nov165
Dec124

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Rajin collects about 752 mm of rain across 91 wet days — roughly 63 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 151 mm, while February is the driest at just 14 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 52% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150175JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec15142544858815115087443317
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan1533
Feb1433
Mar2554
Apr4472
May85120
Jun88110
Jul151140
Aug150150
Sep8780
Oct4460
Nov3353
Dec1744

Snow in Rajin

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.

Rajin averages about 18 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 19 to May 5 — about 6.5 months.

March is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 15 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 90 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonMar 1
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan316
Feb316
Mar415
Apr212
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct01
Nov314
Dec416

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Rajin, 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 13 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around March 29. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 75% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 30 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around September 12. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 72% 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 9 · 76%Jul 21 · 26%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7525
Feb6931
Mar5842
Apr4852
May4258
Jun3367
Jul2872
Aug3565
Sep5644
Oct7030
Nov6931
Dec7327

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 14, brings about 15 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 8 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.37:515:05
Feb10.37:255:42
Mar11.66:396:18
Apr13.15:456:53
May14.45:037:27
Jun15.04:477:51
Jul14.85:007:49
Aug13.75:317:15
Sep12.36:056:22
Oct10.86:395:29
Nov9.67:174:51
Dec9.07:474:43

Sunny days

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

Rajin averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 20 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.8 months, from around Sep 12 to Mar 7. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 5 sunny days — about 76% fewer than the January peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJan 3020 daysJul 244 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan20Bright
Feb16Bright
Mar12Mixed
Apr8Mixed
May7Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep13Mixed
Oct17Bright
Nov17Bright
Dec19Bright

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 Rajin, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.1 months, from around June 17 to September 17. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 85% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 18 to June 16, 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 10 · 100%Aug 4 · 5%oppressivecomfortablehumiddrymuggycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr1000000
May973000
Jun41381830
Jul215373412
Aug311293917
Sep50231961
Oct964000
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 Rajin is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Oct 9 to Apr 6. The windiest month is January, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 7 to Oct 8, with July the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 1 · 14 km/hJul 1 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar11calm
Apr10calm
May8calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep9calm
Oct11calm
Nov12light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Hazard calendar for Rajin

In seasonPeak

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

Rajin sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

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

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

Best time to visit Rajin

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early June, Rajin 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 Rajin for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 19 · 7.0

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
Mar0.5poor
Apr3.1poor
May5.0fair
Jun5.8good
Jul6.0good
Aug6.1good
Sep6.8good
Oct5.1fair
Nov0.9poor
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 Rajin for hot-weather activities is from early July to mid September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 20 · 5.3

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 Rajin, 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 25°C), the essentials are light clothes and rain gear. In the cold season around January (highs near -4°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Rajin sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 15 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Rajin

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 3°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 31 to Sep 8 — about 1.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarm
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul19Cool
Aug22Refreshing
Sep20Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov11Bracing
Dec7Bracing

UV index (midday) in Rajin 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 Rajin peaks around August 19 at about 8 (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 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun7High
Jul5Moderate
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Rajin

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 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4 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
May7.53
Jun7.52.5
Jul60
Aug74
Sep61.5
Oct30
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Rajin 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 Rajin is worst in March — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.2× the cleanest month (August, 10 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateGoodModerateMar 1840 µg/m³Aug 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar41Poor
Apr36Poor
May21Moderate
Jun11Good
Jul10Good
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct14Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Rajin typically lasts about 221 days, from around April 2 to November 8 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 18 to October 22.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1210%Apr 250%Apr 1890%Oct 2290%Nov 850%Nov 2410%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan031
Feb128
Mar1731
Apr8117
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct939
Nov3230
Dec231

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. Rajin banks about 1,203 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May71
Jun196
Jul327
Aug359
Sep214
Oct36
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.

Rajin receives about 3.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.0 and 5.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.1 months, from around Feb 28 to Sep 30. The brightest month is May, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.0 kWh/m² — roughly 62% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 285.4 kWhDec 132.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.4Moderate
Feb3.4Moderate
Mar4.6Bright
Apr5.3Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun5.1Bright
Jul4.4Bright
Aug4.3Bright
Sep4.2Bright
Oct3.4Moderate
Nov2.3Moderate
Dec2.0Moderate

Where is Rajin?

Rajin sits at 42.3°N, 130.3°E, 16 m above sea level, in North Korea. The nearest listed city is Sŏnbong, 13 km away.

HoeryŏngPuryŏng-ŭpChongjinRanam

Topography around Rajin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rajin has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 454 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 905 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,748 m.

The land around Rajin is covered by trees (28%), cropland (26%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and water (35%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
454 m
16 km
905 m
80 km
1,748 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Sŏnbong 13 km · Unggi 14 km · Ŭndŏk 30 km · Aoji-ri 31 km · Hoeryŏng 49 km · Puryŏng-ŭp 52 km · Chongjin 66 km · Ranam 78 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 Rajin (42.2556°, 130.2831°, elevation 16 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).