Chongjin weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇵 North Korea · coastal city break · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Chongjin is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with June and September close behind. Chongjin averages about 2,069 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 75 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,069
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 738 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈45 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 25°C / 77°F
- Population
- 673k
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Chongjin?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Chongjin is May, then June and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 11 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Chongjin?
Chongjin gets a moderate 2,069 hours of sunshine a year. 77 Sunshine Score points separate May (77) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 4 destinations in North Korea for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,077 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 55% of the annual 738 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -12° / 10°F | 11 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -9° / 16°F | 14 mm | 2 | 1° / 34°F |
| March | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -3° / 27°F | 21 mm | 3 | 3° / 37°F |
| April | 56 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 40 mm | 4 | 8° / 46°F |
| May | 77 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 75 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| June | 76 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 82 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| July | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 162 mm | 5 | 22° / 72°F |
| August | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 158 mm | 5 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 75 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 85 mm | 4 | 22° / 72°F |
| October | 69 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 41 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 34 mm | 1 | 15° / 59°F |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -9° / 16°F | 15 mm | 1 | 9° / 48°F |
Sea temperature in Chongjin by month
The sea off Chongjin is warmest in August at around 25°C / 77°F, and coolest in February at 1°C / 34°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 3 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Yanji China · 163 km · best in Sep · 2,317 h sun/yr
- Vladivostok Russia · 300 km · best in Sep · 2,225 h sun/yr
- Mudanjiang China · 344 km · best in Sep · 2,440 h sun/yr
- Yangyang South Korea · 384 km · best in May · 1,941 h sun/yr
- Changchun China · 432 km · best in Sep · 2,423 h sun/yr
- Shenyang China · 513 km · best in Sep · 2,299 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Baishan China · 184 km · 2,289 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Hamhŭng North Korea · 262 km · 2,076 h sun/yr · best in May
- Wonsan North Korea · 311 km · 2,077 h sun/yr · best in May
- Tonghua China · 332 km · 2,426 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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