Chuncheon climate — normals and trends
Chuncheon (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 1,256 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Chuncheon averages 118 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 106 rainy days per year.
Chuncheon has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 130 to 106 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 1 August 2018) and the coldest -28.6 °C (on 24 January 1963).
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
ChuncheonGangwon-do
- coords
- 37.87°, 127.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
15.6°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,256mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
12.5km/h
Seasonal range
29.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
118 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
106 d/yr
Annual snowfall
37.8 cm
Average feels-like high
14.4 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
44 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
37.3 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest day
-28.6 °C
24 January 1963
Wettest day
228 mm
7 August 2002
Windiest day
41.0 km/h
24 March 1977
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
16 July 1987
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-33.9 °C
24 January 1963
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
2 March 1971
Sunniest day
14.5 h
28 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 19 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 4 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 49 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 18.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 95 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 95 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 145 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 30.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 206 mm | -112 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 244 mm | +10 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 289 mm | +140 mm |
| Oct | 19.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 164 mm | +111 mm |
| Nov | 12.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 17 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 45 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chuncheon?
Chuncheon has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 1,256 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chuncheon?
The hottest day measured in Chuncheon between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2018, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chuncheon?
The coldest day measured in Chuncheon between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1963, at -28.6 °C.
Does it snow in Chuncheon?
Yes. Chuncheon gets on average 37.8 cm of snow per year and has around 118 frost days.
Has the climate of Chuncheon warmed?
Yes: Chuncheon warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chuncheon?
The wettest day measured in Chuncheon between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2002, with 228 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chuncheon?
The windiest day measured in Chuncheon between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1977, with winds reaching 41.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chuncheon?
The warmest month in Chuncheon is August (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Chuncheon?
Chuncheon receives on average 1,256 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chuncheon?
Chuncheon 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 Chuncheon?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chuncheon between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1971, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chuncheon?
Yes: Chuncheon has on average 44 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chuncheon?
In Chuncheon, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -33.9 °C on 24 January 1963.
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