Nangen weather in May

In May, Nangen sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 102 mm of rain across 8.7 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nangen's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nangen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
102 mm
8.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:31 AM – 7:22 PM
Cloud cover
58%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Nangen is city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea.

Density
108/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nangen reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Nangen

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Nangen weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -6°315.44.29.90.0
Feb / -4°395.62.610.70.5
Mar11° / 678.12.111.73.0
Apr17° / 928.60.212.95.8
May22° / 11°1028.7013.86.9
Jun26° / 17°16111.2014.36.3
Jul28° / 21°25717.1014.14.9
Aug28° / 21°22316.6013.34.9
Sep25° / 16°14010.2012.26.7
Oct19° / 605.4011.17.0
Nov12° / 466.60.410.13.7
Dec / -3°315.32.49.70.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34753
44753
54852
64753
74654
84654
94555
104555
114555
124456
134654
144555
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nangen gets around 102 mm of rain over 8.7 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 28% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
131
231
331
431
531
631
731
831
931
1031
1131
1230
1330
1429
1529
1629
1728
1828
1927
2027
2127
2226
2326
2426
2526
2625
2725
2825
2925
3025
3126

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 79% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1881020
2871120
3861121
4851221
5851221
6851221
7841231
8841231
9841231
10841231
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17821341
18821341
19811441
20791551
21781651
22771751
23751861
24741961
25722071
26702271
27682381
28652591
296227101
305929111
315631121

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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58calm
68calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:22 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:457:10
213.45:447:11
313.55:437:12
413.55:427:13
513.55:417:13
613.65:407:14
713.65:397:15
813.65:387:16
913.75:377:17
1013.75:367:18
1113.75:357:18
1213.75:347:19
1313.85:337:20
1413.85:337:21
1513.85:327:22
1613.95:317:22
1713.95:307:23
1813.95:297:24
1913.95:297:25
2014.05:287:26
2114.05:277:26
2214.05:277:27
2314.05:267:28
2414.15:257:29
2514.15:257:29
2614.15:247:30
2714.15:247:31
2814.15:237:32
2914.25:237:32
3014.25:227:33
3114.25:227:34

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.8 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 5.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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276.0Bright
286.0Bright
295.9Bright
305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Nangen

In seasonPeak

None of Nangen's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Nangen'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

Is May a good time to visit Nangen?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Nangen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nangen in May

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

In May, Nangen sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nangen in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nangen peaks around September 9 at about 8 (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 highModerateSep 9UV 8Dec 23UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Nangen in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Nangen is worst in March — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 28 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModeratePoorMar 1856 µg/m³Jul 2229 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan42Poor
Feb47Poor
Mar57Unhealthy
Apr49Poor
May42Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul28Moderate
Aug30Moderate
Sep37Poor
Oct40Poor
Nov44Poor
Dec39Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Nangen?

Nangen sits at 35.4°N, 127.4°E, 103 m above sea level, in South Korea. The nearest listed city is Kurye, 23 km away.

DamyangJinan-gunJeongeupHadongJeonju

Topography around Nangen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nangen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,376 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,875 m.

The land around Nangen is covered by trees (41%), artificial surfaces (29%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (65%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
279 m
16 km
1,376 m
80 km
1,875 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Kurye 23 km · Imsil 25 km · Changsu 29 km · Damyang 38 km · Jinan-gun 43 km · Jeongeup 47 km · Hadong 50 km · Jeonju 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 Nangen (35.41°, 127.3858°, elevation 103 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).