Climate and average weather in Ŭllyul

In Ŭllyul, the summers are muggy, hot, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late April to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ŭllyul typically varies from -7°C to 29°C, and is rarely below -11°C or above 33°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Ŭllyul for warm-weather activities are from late April to late June and late August to late October.

Hottest
Aug
29°
Coldest
Jan
-7°
Wettest
Jul
227 mm
Driest
Jan
13 mm
Rain / yr
888 mm
86 wet days
Daylight
9.3–14.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
29 m
38.5°N
Clearest
Oct
43% cloud

Ŭllyul 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 April to late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.5 months, from May 18 to October 1, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Ŭllyul is August, with an average high of 29°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 30 to March 2, with daily high temperatures below 6°C. The coldest month of the year in Ŭllyul is January, with an average low of -7°C and high of 0°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in May.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan0-7
Feb3-5
Mar90
Apr166
May2212
Jun2617
Jul2822
Aug2922
Sep2516
Oct199
Nov102
Dec3-4

How hot and cold Ŭllyul 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 hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Ŭllyul feels like about 34°C (around August 5). About 21 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -12°C (around January 25), with roughly 140 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 51 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan00-12-7
Feb33-10-5
Mar99-40
Apr161636
May22221212
Jun26261717
Jul31282222
Aug32292222
Sep25251616
Oct191989
Nov1010-12
Dec33-9-4

Average hourly temperature in Ŭllyul

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 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -7°C.

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

Ŭllyul 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°133.32.89.60.0
Feb / -5°173.6210.50.0
Mar / -0°244.2111.72.1
Apr16° / 466.20.1135.6
May22° / 12°837.3014.17.2
Jun26° / 17°918.6014.66.8
Jul28° / 22°22714.6014.45.2
Aug29° / 22°19513.6013.55.2
Sep25° / 16°866.6012.37.3
Oct19° / 405.80116.8
Nov10° / 437.10.99.92.7
Dec / -4°225.32.49.40.0

Chance of rain

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

Ŭllyul gets about 888 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 3.1 months, from around Jun 9 to Sep 10, peaking in July at about 53% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 29.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 227 mm over about 15 wet days; January is the driest, with 13 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 28 · 53%Jan 29 · 9%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan113
Feb124
Mar144
Apr216
May247
Jun299
Jul4715
Aug4314
Sep237
Oct196
Nov237
Dec175

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ŭllyul collects about 888 mm of rain across 86 wet days — roughly 74 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 227 mm, while January is the driest at just 13 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 58% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec13172446839122719586404322
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan1333
Feb1742
Mar2441
Apr4660
May8370
Jun9190
Jul227150
Aug195140
Sep8670
Oct4060
Nov4371
Dec2252

Snow in Ŭllyul

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.

Ŭllyul averages about 9 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 11 to Mar 28 — about 4.5 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 9 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 30 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 5
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan39
Feb28
Mar13
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov12
Dec27

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Ŭllyul, 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 5 and lasts for 2.4 months, ending around November 15. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 67% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 2 and lasts for 3.1 months, ending around September 4. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 65% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 22 · 70%Jul 17 · 32%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5149
Feb6040
Mar6337
Apr6040
May5545
Jun4753
Jul3565
Aug4456
Sep5644
Oct6733
Nov5545
Dec4852

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 14 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 9 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.68:015:36
Feb10.57:396:09
Mar11.76:586:40
Apr13.06:097:09
May14.15:337:38
Jun14.65:198:00
Jul14.45:327:58
Aug13.55:587:29
Sep12.36:266:41
Oct11.06:555:54
Nov9.97:285:21
Dec9.47:565:15

Sunny days

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

Ŭllyul averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 16 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.1 months, from around Sep 11 to Nov 14. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 15 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 6 sunny days — about 58% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightOct 1816 daysJul 206 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb13Mixed
Mar16Bright
Apr15Mixed
May14Mixed
Jun10Mixed
Jul7Gloomy
Aug9Mixed
Sep12Mixed
Oct16Bright
Nov12Mixed
Dec10Mixed

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.7 months, from around June 5 to September 25. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 98% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 26 to June 4, and April 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 11 · 100%Jul 27 · 0%miserablehumidcomfortablemuggyoppressivedrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar10000000
Apr9820000
May77194000
Jun1526332330
Jul0210374110
Aug1210294019
Sep2423262160
Oct83134000
Nov9910000
Dec10000000

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 Ŭllyul is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Oct 28 to May 17. The windiest month is March, averaging about 12 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 18 to Oct 27, with September the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 13 · 13 km/hSep 11 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb12light breeze
Mar12light breeze
Apr12light breeze
May11calm
Jun9calm
Jul10calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct10calm
Nov12calm
Dec12light breeze

Hazard calendar for Ŭllyul

In seasonPeak

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

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

Ŭllyul's rainy season runs July–August, 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 Ŭllyul

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late April, Ŭllyul 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 times of year to visit Ŭllyul for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to late June and again from late August to late October, with a peak score in the last week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 23 · 7.7

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
Feb0.1poor
Mar2.1poor
Apr5.6good
May7.2good
Jun6.8good
Jul5.2fair
Aug5.2fair
Sep7.3good
Oct6.8good
Nov2.7poor
Dec0.1poor

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 Ŭllyul for hot-weather activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the second week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 12 · 6.9

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 Ŭllyul, 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 29°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 0°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Ŭllyul sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Ŭllyul

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 30 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 16 to Oct 3 — about 2.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar4Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul20Refreshing
Aug22Refreshing
Sep22Refreshing
Oct19Cool
Nov15Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index (midday) in Ŭllyul 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 Ŭllyul peaks around August 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowAug 13UV 8Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Ŭllyul

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 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
Mar3.50
Apr60
May73
Jun72
Jul7.54
Aug7.54
Sep6.53
Oct40
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Ŭllyul 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 Ŭllyul is worst in November — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (July, 40 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyNov 1981 µg/m³Jul 2240 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan80Unhealthy
Feb78Unhealthy
Mar80Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May54Poor
Jun46Poor
Jul40Poor
Aug41Poor
Sep58Unhealthy
Oct72Unhealthy
Nov82Unhealthy
Dec77Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Ŭllyul typically lasts about 253 days, from around March 17 to November 24 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 6 to November 6.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1810%Mar 1750%Apr 690%Nov 690%Nov 2450%Dec 1810%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan331
Feb928
Mar4931
Apr965
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct990
Nov7024
Dec1431

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. Ŭllyul banks about 1,997 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr44
May215
Jun354
Jul461
Aug472
Sep321
Oct129
Nov1
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.

Ŭllyul receives about 4.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.1 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around Mar 3 to Sep 28. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.0 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.1 kWh/m² — roughly 64% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 316.2 kWhDec 92.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar4.8Bright
Apr5.6Bright
May6.0Intense
Jun5.9Bright
Jul4.8Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep4.6Bright
Oct3.7Moderate
Nov2.5Moderate
Dec2.1Moderate

Where is Ŭllyul?

Ŭllyul sits at 38.5°N, 125.2°E, 29 m above sea level, in North Korea. The nearest listed city is Kwail-ŭp, 17 km away.

Topography around Ŭllyul

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ŭllyul has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,063 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,037 m.

The land around Ŭllyul is covered by cropland (70%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (42%) within 16 km, and water (38%), cropland (36%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
264 m
16 km
1,063 m
80 km
1,037 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Kwail-ŭp 17 km · Songhwa 18 km · Samch’ŏn 21 km · Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp 21 km · Chaeryŏng-ni 25 km · Anak 26 km · Changyŏn 30 km · Namp’o 31 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 Ŭllyul (38.5139°, 125.1897°, elevation 29 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).