Climate and average weather in Kunwi

In Kunwi, the summers are humid, hot, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly clear.

Best: early April to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Kunwi typically varies from -4°C to 30°C, and is rarely below -9°C or above 35°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 Kunwi for warm-weather activities are from early April to late June and early September to early November.

Hottest
Aug
30°
Coldest
Jan
-4°
Wettest
Jul
215 mm
Driest
Dec
20 mm
Rain / yr
1039 mm
86 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
95 m
36.2°N
Clearest
Dec
41% cloud

Kunwi 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 April to late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from May 17 to September 23, with daily high temperatures above 24°C. The hottest month of the year in Kunwi is August, with an average high of 30°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from November 29 to February 28, with daily high temperatures below 10°C. The coldest month of the year in Kunwi is January, with an average low of -4°C and high of 4°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in April.

-10°10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan4-4
Feb7-2
Mar132
Apr197
May2413
Jun2818
Jul2922
Aug3022
Sep2617
Oct2010
Nov133
Dec6-2

How hot and cold Kunwi 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, Kunwi feels like about 34°C (around August 2). About 30 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -9°C (around January 25), with roughly 124 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan44-8-4
Feb77-6-2
Mar1313-12
Apr191957
May24241313
Jun28281818
Jul32292222
Aug32302222
Sep26261717
Oct2020910
Nov131313
Dec66-6-2

Average hourly temperature in Kunwi

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 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -4°C.

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

Kunwi 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°213.71.69.80.0
Feb / -3°283.81.210.61.1
Mar13° / 536.60.911.73.9
Apr19° / 7770.112.96.6
May24° / 13°887.5013.97.2
Jun28° / 18°1198.5014.46.3
Jul29° / 22°21513.7014.24.6
Aug30° / 22°19413.4013.44.6
Sep26° / 17°1388.7012.26.8
Oct20° / 10°544.3011.17.4
Nov13° / 344.80.210.14.4
Dec / -2°203.60.89.60.7

Chance of rain

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

Kunwi gets about 1039 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 3.4 months, from around Jun 10 to Sep 22, peaking in July at about 47% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 29.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 215 mm over about 14 wet days; December is the driest, with 20 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 10 · 47%Dec 29 · 9%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan124
Feb154
Mar217
Apr237
May248
Jun299
Jul4414
Aug4313
Sep299
Oct144
Nov165
Dec124

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Kunwi collects about 1039 mm of rain across 86 wet days — roughly 87 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 215 mm, while December is the driest at just 20 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 53% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2128537788119215194138543420
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan2142
Feb2841
Mar5371
Apr7770
May8880
Jun11990
Jul215140
Aug194130
Sep13890
Oct5440
Nov3450
Dec2041

Snow in Kunwi

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.

Kunwi averages about 5 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 25 to Mar 21 — about 3.8 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 1.5 day of snow and an estimated 6 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 20 cm of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonJan 20
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan26
Feb15
Mar15
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov01
Dec12

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Kunwi, 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 30 and lasts for 6.8 months, ending around April 24. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 68% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 25 and lasts for 5.2 months, ending around September 29. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 73% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 29 · 70%Jul 8 · 21%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6535
Feb6040
Mar5446
Apr5347
May4951
Jun3664
Jul2773
Aug3862
Sep4456
Oct6337
Nov6634
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 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around December 16, only 9 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 5 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.87:415:29
Feb10.67:215:59
Mar11.76:446:27
Apr12.95:586:54
May13.95:247:19
Jun14.45:127:40
Jul14.25:247:39
Aug13.45:487:11
Sep12.26:136:27
Oct11.16:395:43
Nov10.17:105:12
Dec9.67:365:08

Sunny days

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

Kunwi averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 16 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 7.0 months, from around Oct 2 to May 2. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 16 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 5 sunny days — about 71% fewer than the December peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightDec 2716 daysJul 64 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan15Mixed
Feb13Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr12Mixed
May11Mixed
Jun7Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep9Mixed
Oct15Mixed
Nov15Bright
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 Kunwi, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.6 months, from around June 10 to September 27. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 96% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 28 to June 9, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 2 · 100%Aug 1 · 1%oppressivecomfortabledryhumidmuggycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar10000000
Apr9730000
May81154100
Jun2630261350
Jul041632462
Aug041432464
Sep2125301670
Oct83115100
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 Kunwi is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.6 months, from around Nov 29 to May 17. The windiest month is January, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 18 to Nov 28, with September the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 26 · 10 km/hSep 30 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb10calm
Mar10calm
Apr10calm
May9calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep7calm
Oct8calm
Nov8calm
Dec10calm

Hazard calendar for Kunwi

In seasonPeak

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

Kunwi's rainy season runs June–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 Kunwi

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid June, Kunwi is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 Kunwi for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to mid June and again from early September to early November, with a peak score in the second week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 8 · 7.6

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
Feb1.1poor
Mar3.9fair
Apr6.5good
May7.2good
Jun6.3good
Jul4.7fair
Aug4.6fair
Sep6.8good
Oct7.4good
Nov4.4fair
Dec0.8poor

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 Kunwi for hot-weather activities is from early May to early October, with a peak score in the first week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 6 · 7.1

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 Kunwi, 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 30°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, Kunwi sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Kunwi 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 Kunwi peaks around August 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateAug 15UV 9Dec 23UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Kunwi

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 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 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
Feb10
Mar4.50
Apr6.52
May7.54
Jun84.5
Jul85
Aug85
Sep74
Oct50
Nov20
Dec00

Air quality in Kunwi 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 Kunwi is worst in March — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (August, 35 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1762 µg/m³Aug 935 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan49Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr55Unhealthy
May48Poor
Jun44Poor
Jul35Moderate
Aug35Moderate
Sep41Poor
Oct48Poor
Nov53Poor
Dec46Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Kunwi typically lasts about 269 days, from around March 6 to November 29 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 3 to November 7.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 650%Apr 390%Nov 790%Nov 2950%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1231
Feb2228
Mar6731
Apr972
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct990
Nov7622
Dec2531

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. Kunwi banks about 2,224 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
Apr96
May266
Jun383
Jul482
Aug495
Sep336
Oct158
Nov7
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.

Kunwi receives about 4.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.5 and 6.0 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Mar 3 to Aug 26. The brightest month is May, averaging about 5.8 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.5 kWh/m² — roughly 56% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 296.0 kWhDec 92.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.8Moderate
Feb3.7Moderate
Mar4.6Bright
Apr5.5Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun5.5Bright
Jul4.4Bright
Aug4.3Bright
Sep4.0Moderate
Oct3.7Moderate
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.5Moderate

Where is Kunwi?

Kunwi sits at 36.2°N, 128.6°E, 95 m above sea level, in South Korea. The nearest listed city is Jenzan, 25 km away.

AndongDaeguSangjuHayangGimcheon

Topography around Kunwi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kunwi has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m around an average of 153 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 653 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,408 m.

The land around Kunwi is covered by trees (61%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, trees (71%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
330 m
16 km
653 m
80 km
1,408 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Jenzan 25 km · Gumi 25 km · Waegwan 31 km · Andong 39 km · Daegu 41 km · Sangju 42 km · Hayang 42 km · Gimcheon 43 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 Kunwi (36.2347°, 128.5728°, elevation 95 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).