Climate and average weather in Munsan

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

Best: mid April to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Munsan typically varies from -7°C to 29°C, and is rarely below -13°C or above 34°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 Munsan for warm-weather activities are from mid April to late June and early September to late October.

Hottest
Aug
29°
Coldest
Jan
-7°
Wettest
Jul
313 mm
Driest
Jan
18 mm
Rain / yr
1183 mm
94 wet days
Daylight
9.4–14.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
21 m
37.9°N
Clearest
Dec
43% cloud

Munsan 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 mid April to late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Munsan, 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 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Munsan is August, with an average high of 29°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from November 29 to February 27, with daily high temperatures below 7°C. The coldest month of the year in Munsan is January, with an average low of -7°C and high of 2°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in April.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2-7
Feb5-5
Mar110
Apr177
May2313
Jun2718
Jul2822
Aug2922
Sep2617
Oct209
Nov112
Dec4-5

How hot and cold Munsan 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, Munsan feels like about 35°C (around August 6). About 28 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 18), with roughly 136 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 48 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)
Jan22-12-7
Feb55-9-5
Mar1111-30
Apr171747
May23231213
Jun27271818
Jul31282222
Aug33292222
Sep26261717
Oct202089
Nov1111-12
Dec44-9-5

Average hourly temperature in Munsan

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

Munsan 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°183.52.39.70.0
Feb / -5°233.91.710.50.3
Mar11° / 355.70.911.72.9
Apr17° / 667.20.1135.9
May23° / 13°9980147.2
Jun27° / 18°1259014.66.6
Jul28° / 22°31316.3014.44.9
Aug29° / 22°26414.9013.54.7
Sep26° / 17°1207.9012.37.0
Oct20° / 525.30117.1
Nov11° / 4770.3103.2
Dec / -5°224.81.69.40.1

Chance of rain

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

Munsan gets about 1183 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 3.2 months, from around Jun 11 to Sep 15, peaking in July at about 55% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 16.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 313 mm over about 16 wet days; January is the driest, with 18 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 21 · 55%Jan 16 · 11%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan114
Feb144
Mar196
Apr247
May268
Jun309
Jul5216
Aug4815
Sep278
Oct175
Nov227
Dec165

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Munsan collects about 1183 mm of rain across 94 wet days — roughly 99 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 313 mm, while January is the driest at just 18 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 59% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1823356699125313264120524722
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan1842
Feb2342
Mar3561
Apr6670
May9980
Jun12590
Jul313160
Aug264150
Sep12080
Oct5250
Nov4770
Dec2252

Snow in Munsan

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.

Munsan averages about 7 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 21 to Mar 20 — about 3.9 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 2 days of snow and an estimated 7 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 23 cm of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonJan 2
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan27
Feb28
Mar13
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov01
Dec25

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Munsan, 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 21 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around April 11. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 66% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 12 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around September 20. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 67% 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 24 · 71%Jul 14 · 30%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6337
Feb6040
Mar5941
Apr5545
May5347
Jun4555
Jul3367
Aug4159
Sep5248
Oct6634
Nov6337
Dec6535

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 10, brings about 14 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.77:535:32
Feb10.57:316:04
Mar11.76:526:33
Apr13.06:047:02
May14.05:287:30
Jun14.65:157:51
Jul14.45:277:50
Aug13.55:537:21
Sep12.36:206:34
Oct11.06:485:48
Nov10.07:215:16
Dec9.47:475:11

Sunny days

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

Munsan averages about 12 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 7.5 months, from around Sep 18 to May 4. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 15 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 5 sunny days — about 65% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightOct 2417 daysJul 125 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan15Mixed
Feb13Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May12Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul6Gloomy
Aug8Gloomy
Sep11Mixed
Oct16Bright
Nov14Mixed
Dec15Bright

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.9 months, from around June 1 to September 26. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 98% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 27 to May 31, 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 5 · 100%Aug 4 · 0%miserablehumidcomfortableoppressivemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar10000000
Apr9730000
May66267000
Jun822353050
Jul027334613
Aug028254223
Sep1824252391
Oct80145100
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.

Wind in Munsan is steady company: average speeds sit near 9 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 13 · 10 km/hSep 15 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb10calm
Mar10calm
Apr10calm
May9calm
Jun8calm
Jul9calm
Aug8calm
Sep8calm
Oct8calm
Nov9calm
Dec9calm

Hazard calendar for Munsan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Munsan'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 Munsan

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late April, Munsan 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 Munsan for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid April to late June and again from early September to late October, with a peak score in the last week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 27 · 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
Feb0.4poor
Mar2.9poor
Apr5.9good
May7.1good
Jun6.6good
Jul4.9fair
Aug4.8fair
Sep7.0good
Oct7.0good
Nov3.2poor
Dec0.2poor

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 6 · 6.8

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 Munsan, 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 and rain gear. In the cold season around January (highs near 2°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Munsan sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 15 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Munsan

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 44 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 7 to Oct 10 — about 3.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan5Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May13Bracing
Jun17Cool
Jul21Refreshing
Aug24Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct19Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index (midday) in Munsan 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 Munsan peaks around August 16 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 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 16UV 8Dec 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Munsan

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
Mar3.50
Apr60
May71
Jun7.53
Jul7.53.5
Aug74
Sep6.53
Oct4.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Munsan 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 Munsan is worst in March — around 160 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (August, 81 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyMar 13158 µg/m³Aug 1282 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan145Unhealthy
Feb149Unhealthy
Mar160Very unhealthy
Apr127Unhealthy
May111Unhealthy
Jun98Unhealthy
Jul88Unhealthy
Aug81Unhealthy
Sep110Unhealthy
Oct132Unhealthy
Nov142Unhealthy
Dec133Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Munsan typically lasts about 252 days, from around March 16 to November 22 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 6 to November 1.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1710%Mar 1650%Apr 690%Nov 190%Nov 2250%Dec 1910%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan531
Feb1028
Mar5231
Apr965
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct980
Nov6428
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. Munsan banks about 2,095 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
Apr62
May236
Jun369
Jul471
Aug489
Sep333
Oct134
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.

Munsan receives about 4.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 6.0 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around Mar 2 to Sep 26. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.6 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.4 kWh/m² — roughly 58% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 16.0 kWhDec 62.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.8Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar4.7Bright
Apr5.4Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul4.3Bright
Aug4.4Bright
Sep4.3Bright
Oct3.7Moderate
Nov2.6Moderate
Dec2.4Moderate

Where is Munsan?

Munsan sits at 37.9°N, 126.8°E, 21 m above sea level, in South Korea. The nearest listed city is Goyang-si, 23 km away.

SeoulBucheon-si

Topography around Munsan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Munsan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m around an average of 31 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 480 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,427 m.

The land around Munsan is covered by trees (36%), artificial surfaces (24%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
205 m
16 km
480 m
80 km
1,427 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Goyang-si 23 km · Kaesŏng 24 km · Yangju 24 km · Uijeongbu-si 27 km · Gimpo-si 27 km · Ganghwa-gun 29 km · Seoul 37 km · Bucheon-si 40 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 Munsan (37.8594°, 126.785°, elevation 21 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).