Anbyŏn-ŭp climate — normals and trends
Anbyŏn-ŭp (North Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 1,334 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Anbyŏn-ŭp averages 127 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Anbyŏn-ŭp has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 139 to 115 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 27 July 2025) and the coldest -27.8 °C (on 9 January 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Anbyŏn-ŭpKangwŏn-do
- coords
- 39.04°, 127.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,334mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
29.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
127 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
102.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
30 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.4 °C
27 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
235 mm
2 August 1999
Windiest day
49.5 km/h
28 August 1986
Strongest gust
130.3 km/h
10 October 2001
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
27 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-33.7 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
49.3 cm
3 March 1989
Sunniest day
14.6 h
25 June 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 12 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 1.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 3 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 7.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 70 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 87 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 110 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 162 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 28.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 112 mm | -172 mm |
| Aug | 28.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 76 mm | -193 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 249 mm | +80 mm |
| Oct | 15.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 288 mm | +216 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 28 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 2.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 36 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Anbyŏn-ŭp?
Anbyŏn-ŭp has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 1,334 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Anbyŏn-ŭp?
The hottest day measured in Anbyŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 2025, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Anbyŏn-ŭp?
The coldest day measured in Anbyŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Anbyŏn-ŭp?
Yes. Anbyŏn-ŭp gets on average 102.8 cm of snow per year and has around 127 frost days.
Has the climate of Anbyŏn-ŭp warmed?
Yes: Anbyŏn-ŭp warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Anbyŏn-ŭp?
The wettest day measured in Anbyŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1999, with 235 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Anbyŏn-ŭp?
The windiest day measured in Anbyŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1986, with winds reaching 49.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Anbyŏn-ŭp?
The warmest month in Anbyŏn-ŭp is August (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Anbyŏn-ŭp?
Anbyŏn-ŭp receives on average 1,334 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Anbyŏn-ŭp?
Anbyŏn-ŭp gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Anbyŏn-ŭp?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Anbyŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1989, with 49.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Anbyŏn-ŭp?
Yes: Anbyŏn-ŭp has on average 30 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Anbyŏn-ŭp?
In Anbyŏn-ŭp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 27 July 2025, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 9 January 1940.
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