Yangsan weather in August

In August, Yangsan sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 211 mm of rain across 13.4 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Yangsan's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yangsan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
211 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:48 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover
64%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Yangsan is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

Density
740/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical August day in Yangsan reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Yangsan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 19 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
19
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.

Yangsan 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°304.20.49.91.2
Feb / 414.60.510.72.3
Mar14° / 797.40.511.74.2
Apr18° / 1117.8012.96.2
May22° / 14°1187.9013.87.0
Jun25° / 18°1599.2014.36.7
Jul28° / 22°24213.9014.15.3
Aug29° / 23°21113.4013.35.0
Sep26° / 19°1639.6012.26.7
Oct21° / 13°714.7011.17.6
Nov15° / 4850.110.15.5
Dec / 283.60.39.72.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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

Any precipitation

Yangsan gets around 211 mm of rain over 13.4 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 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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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 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 91% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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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 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 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 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 6:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.85:367:24
213.85:377:23
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413.75:387:21
513.75:397:20
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 4.81 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Yangsan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Yangsan's rainy season runs April–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 Yangsan?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Yangsan in August

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

In August, Yangsan sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Yangsan in August

The nearest coast averages about 26°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 26 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 17 to Nov 7 — about 4.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Bracing
Feb14Bracing
Mar14Bracing
Apr15Bracing
May17Cool
Jun20Refreshing
Jul23Refreshing
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index in Yangsan in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yangsan peaks around August 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (moderate).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Yangsan 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 Yangsan is worst in March — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.6× the cleanest month (August, 42 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorPoorMar 2168 µg/m³Aug 1942 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan52Poor
Feb58Unhealthy
Mar68Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May65Unhealthy
Jun55Poor
Jul46Poor
Aug42Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct50Poor
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec48Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Yangsan?

Yangsan sits at 35.3°N, 129.0°E, 6 m above sea level, in South Korea. The nearest listed city is Ungsang, 14 km away.

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Topography around Yangsan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yangsan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m around an average of 100 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 946 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,204 m.

The land around Yangsan is covered by trees (54%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, trees (74%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and water (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
492 m
16 km
946 m
80 km
1,204 m
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August weather nearby: Ungsang 14 km · Kimhae 18 km · Gijang 20 km · Busan 27 km · Miryang 31 km · Ulsan 34 km · Changwon 34 km · Naesŏ 48 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 Yangsan (35.342°, 129.0336°, elevation 6 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).