Hamhŭng weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇵 North Korea · coastal city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Hamhŭng is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with June and October close behind. Hamhŭng averages about 2,076 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 84 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,076
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 1,224 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈42 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 27°C / 81°F
- Population
- 773k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Hamhŭng?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Hamhŭng is May, then June and October. The dullest month is January (0/100, 16 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Hamhŭng?
Hamhŭng gets a moderate 2,076 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate May (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 4 destinations in North Korea for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,077 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 61% of the year's 1,224 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -6° / 21°F | 16 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -4° / 25°F | 26 mm | 2 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 32 mm | 3 | 5° / 41°F |
| April | 40 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 64 mm | 4 | 9° / 48°F |
| May | 75 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 84 mm | 5 | 14° / 57°F |
| June | 72 | 24° / 75°F | 17° / 63°F | 104 mm | 5 | 20° / 68°F |
| July | 63 | 26° / 79°F | 21° / 70°F | 336 mm | 5 | 23° / 73°F |
| August | 63 | 26° / 79°F | 22° / 72°F | 264 mm | 5 | 27° / 81°F |
| September | 64 | 23° / 73°F | 18° / 64°F | 148 mm | 5 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 66 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 62 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| November | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 65 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -4° / 25°F | 23 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
Sea temperature in Hamhŭng by month
The sea off Hamhŭng is warmest in August at around 27°C / 81°F, and coolest in January at 3°C / 37°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
- Yangyang South Korea · 214 km · best in May · 1,941 h sun/yr
- Seoul South Korea · 268 km · best in Jun · 2,037 h sun/yr
- Cheongju South Korea · 337 km · best in May · 1,963 h sun/yr
- Yanji China · 386 km · best in Sep · 2,317 h sun/yr
- Shenyang China · 397 km · best in Sep · 2,299 h sun/yr
- Gunsan South Korea · 434 km · best in Oct · 1,884 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Wonsan North Korea · 65 km · 2,077 h sun/yr · best in May
- Pyongyang North Korea · 165 km · 2,173 h sun/yr · best in May
- Baishan China · 258 km · 2,289 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Wonju South Korea · 260 km · 1,976 h sun/yr · best in May
- Chongjin North Korea · 262 km · 2,069 h sun/yr · best in May
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