Boryeong weather in August

In August, Boryeong sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 227 mm of rain across 13.3 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Boryeong's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boryeong's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
227 mm
13.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:56 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover
60%
8th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Boryeong is human settlement in South Korea.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Boryeong reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Boryeong

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 4 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
4
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Boryeong weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°255.73.99.80.0
Feb / 314.61.510.60.1
Mar / 466.40.711.71.6
Apr13° / 827.4012.93.9
May18° / 14°886.9013.96.2
Jun22° / 19°1227.8014.46.9
Jul26° / 23°26314.3014.26.0
Aug27° / 24°22713.3013.45.9
Sep24° / 20°1438.1012.27.2
Oct19° / 15°595.1011.17.0
Nov12° / 497.10.310.13.7
Dec / 317.13.39.60.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Boryeong gets around 227 mm of rain over 13.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3141

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10064054
20063955
30063757
40073657
50173557
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2719324315
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29112354012
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31214383610

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:44 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 7:36 PM to 6:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:447:36
213.85:447:35
313.85:457:34
413.85:467:33
513.85:477:32
613.75:487:31
713.75:487:30
813.75:497:29
913.65:507:28
1013.65:517:27
1113.65:527:26
1213.55:537:24
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1613.45:567:20
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1813.35:587:17
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2113.26:007:13
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2613.06:047:06
2713.06:057:05
2813.06:067:03
2912.96:077:02
3012.96:077:01
3112.86:086:59

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.15 kWh/m² to a high of 5.89 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 4.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Boryeong

In seasonPeak

In August, Boryeong sits inside its pacific typhoon and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Boryeong's rainy season runs June–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

Is August a good time to visit Boryeong?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Boryeong for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Boryeong in August

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

In August, Boryeong sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Boryeong in August

The nearest coast averages about 25°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 5°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 30 to Oct 7 — about 3.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb5Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May13Bracing
Jun18Cool
Jul22Refreshing
Aug25Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct19Cool
Nov15Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Boryeong in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Boryeong peaks around September 10 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 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateSep 10UV 7Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Boryeong in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Boryeong is worst in March — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 32 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1663 µg/m³Jul 2133 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan52Poor
Feb56Unhealthy
Mar64Unhealthy
Apr55Poor
May46Poor
Jun42Poor
Jul32Moderate
Aug35Moderate
Sep43Poor
Oct48Poor
Nov51Poor
Dec48Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Boryeong?

Boryeong sits at 36.3°N, 126.6°E, 11 m above sea level, in South Korea. The nearest listed city is Hongseong, 29 km away.

GunsanYesanNonsanGongjuSeosanYŏnmu

Topography around Boryeong

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boryeong has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 311 m around an average of 44 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 780 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 847 m.

The land around Boryeong is covered by trees (34%), cropland (33%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and water (24%) within 16 km, and water (43%), trees (30%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
311 m
16 km
780 m
80 km
847 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Hongseong 29 km · Buyeo 29 km · Gunsan 42 km · Yesan 43 km · Nonsan 47 km · Gongju 49 km · Seosan 50 km · Yŏnmu 51 km

South Korea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 57% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$36,227
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
8.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 522
Religion
none 60%Protestant 17%Buddhist 16%Catholic 6%

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 Boryeong (36.3493°, 126.5977°, elevation 11 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).