Climate and average weather in Santyoku

In Santyoku, the summers are muggy, warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly clear.

Best: early May to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Santyoku typically varies from -0°C to 25°C, and is rarely below -6°C or above 29°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Santyoku for warm-weather activities is from early May to late October.

Hottest
Aug
25°
Coldest
Jan
-0°
Wettest
Aug
184 mm
Driest
Dec
44 mm
Rain / yr
1138 mm
102 wet days
Daylight
9.4–14.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
23 m
37.4°N
Clearest
Dec
37% cloud

Santyoku 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 May to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from June 11 to September 28, with daily high temperatures above 20°C. The hottest month of the year in Santyoku is August, with an average high of 25°C and low of 23°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from December 4 to March 10, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Santyoku is January, with an average low of -0°C and high of 4°C.

Days typically run about 4°C warmer than nights year-round.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan40
Feb61
Mar94
Apr149
May1814
Jun2118
Jul2422
Aug2523
Sep2219
Oct1814
Nov128
Dec72

How hot and cold Santyoku 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 coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -6°C (around January 25), with roughly 97 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)
Jan44-50
Feb56-41
Mar9914
Apr141479
May18181414
Jun21211818
Jul24242222
Aug25252323
Sep22221919
Oct18181414
Nov121268
Dec77-22

Average hourly temperature in Santyoku

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 25°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -0°C.

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

Santyoku 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 / -0°527.14.39.70.0
Feb / 486.83.810.60.3
Mar / 638.6311.72.0
Apr14° / 727.70.412.94.4
May18° / 14°767.30146.2
Jun21° / 18°907.9014.56.7
Jul24° / 22°17612.2014.36.4
Aug25° / 23°18412.7013.46.3
Sep22° / 19°18210.6012.36.5
Oct18° / 14°857.70116.3
Nov12° / 667.60.4103.7
Dec / 445.81.79.50.9

Chance of rain

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

Santyoku gets about 1138 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 19 to Sep 30, peaking in August at about 43% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 24.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 184 mm over about 13 wet days; December is the driest, with 44 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 20 · 43%Dec 24 · 17%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan237
Feb257
Mar279
Apr268
May247
Jun278
Jul3912
Aug4113
Sep3611
Oct258
Nov258
Dec206

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Santyoku collects about 1138 mm of rain across 102 wet days — roughly 95 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 184 mm, while December is the driest at just 44 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 48% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec524863727690176184182856644
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan5274
Feb4874
Mar6393
Apr7280
May7670
Jun9080
Jul176120
Aug184130
Sep182110
Oct8580
Nov6680
Dec4462

Snow in Santyoku

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.

Santyoku averages about 14 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 20 to Apr 12 — about 4.7 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 24 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 67 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 8
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan423
Feb424
Mar312
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov01
Dec28

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Santyoku, 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 October 6 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around February 26. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 70% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 3 and lasts for 5.1 months, ending around October 5. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 64% 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 · 73%Jul 11 · 32%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6733
Feb6040
Mar5644
Apr5743
May5446
Jun4555
Jul3664
Aug4357
Sep4753
Oct6139
Nov6634
Dec7030

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 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, 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)
Jan9.77:425:23
Feb10.67:215:55
Mar11.76:426:24
Apr12.95:556:52
May14.05:197:20
Jun14.55:077:41
Jul14.35:197:39
Aug13.45:447:11
Sep12.36:116:25
Oct11.06:385:39
Nov10.07:105:07
Dec9.57:375:02

Sunny days

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

Santyoku averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.5 months, from around Oct 8 to Feb 22. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 7 sunny days — about 60% fewer than the December peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantDec 2819 daysJul 96 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan17Bright
Feb13Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May12Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul7Gloomy
Aug9Mixed
Sep10Mixed
Oct15Mixed
Nov16Bright
Dec18Bright

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.8 months, from around June 6 to September 30. 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 October 1 to June 5, 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 8 · 100%Aug 6 · 0%miserableoppressivemuggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar10000000
Apr9810000
May75223000
Jun1229411710
Jul021646332
Aug021130507
Sep1525302470
Oct73188100
Nov9820000
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 Santyoku is typically light breeze, near 15 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Oct 30 to May 8. The windiest month is January, averaging about 18 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 9 to Oct 29, with August the calmest month at about 13 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyJan 7 · 18 km/hAug 4 · 12 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan18light breeze
Feb17light breeze
Mar16light breeze
Apr16light breeze
May15light breeze
Jun13light breeze
Jul13light breeze
Aug13light breeze
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov16light breeze
Dec17light breeze

Hazard calendar for Santyoku

In seasonPeak

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

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

Santyoku's rainy season runs June–October, 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 Santyoku

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late October, Santyoku 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 time of year to visit Santyoku for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to late October, with a peak score in the first week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 3 · 6.8

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
Feb0.3poor
Mar2.0poor
Apr4.3fair
May6.2good
Jun6.7good
Jul6.4good
Aug6.3good
Sep6.5good
Oct6.3good
Nov3.7fair
Dec0.9poor

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 Santyoku for hot-weather activities is from early July to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 2 · 6.1

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 Santyoku, 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 25°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. 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, Santyoku sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 23°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Santyoku

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 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 1 to Oct 17 — about 3.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan12Bracing
Feb11Bracing
Mar11Bracing
Apr13Bracing
May15Cool
Jun19Cool
Jul22Refreshing
Aug24Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct20Refreshing
Nov17Cool
Dec14Bracing

UV index (midday) in Santyoku 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 Santyoku peaks around August 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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 highHighModerateAug 16UV 9Dec 23UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Santyoku

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
Feb00
Mar4.50
Apr6.51.5
May73
Jun7.53
Jul84.5
Aug85
Sep73.5
Oct50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Santyoku 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 Santyoku is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (September, 17 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 2239 µg/m³Sep 1817 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar40Poor
Apr38Poor
May35Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Santyoku typically lasts about 337 days, from around February 8 to January 10 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 13 to December 1.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 850%Mar 1390%Dec 190%Jan 1050%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan4831
Feb5928
Mar9213
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov981
Dec7231

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. Santyoku banks about 1,878 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
Apr49
May180
Jun281
Jul398
Aug435
Sep319
Oct190
Nov27
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.

Santyoku receives about 4.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.4 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 7 to Sep 5. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.0 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.4 kWh/m² — roughly 60% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 316.2 kWhDec 92.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.7Moderate
Feb3.5Moderate
Mar4.6Bright
Apr5.5Bright
May6.0Intense
Jun5.9Bright
Jul5.1Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep4.1Bright
Oct3.6Moderate
Nov2.7Moderate
Dec2.4Moderate

Where is Santyoku?

Santyoku sits at 37.4°N, 129.2°E, 23 m above sea level, in South Korea. The nearest listed city is Donghae City, 13 km away.

GangneungJumunjinNeietsuPyeongchangYeongjuSokcho

Topography around Santyoku

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santyoku has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 265 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,347 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,549 m.

The land around Santyoku is covered by trees (50%), water (22%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and water (44%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
265 m
16 km
1,347 m
80 km
1,549 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Donghae City 13 km · T’aebaek 34 km · Gangneung 44 km · Jumunjin 59 km · Neietsu 68 km · Pyeongchang 69 km · Yeongju 84 km · Sokcho 99 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 Santyoku (37.4406°, 129.1708°, elevation 23 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).