Best time to visit North Korea

North Korea is represented here by Pyongyang (39.0°, 125.8°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a continental climate with a wide temperature swing, 1000 mm of rain a year, and a 30.0°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in North Korea falls in a continental climate with a wide temperature swing.

Climate in Pyongyang

Pyongyang is hottest in July (average 24.5°C) and coolest in January (-5.5°C). The wet season runs June–September.

Open the Pyongyang page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Pyongyang: typical hottest-month average 24.5°C and about 1000 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Pyongyang (June, July, and September).

Pyongyang in North Korea

Pyongyang sits at 39.03°, 125.75°. It is a continental climate with a wide temperature swing. July is the warmest month at 24.5°C (high 28.8°C); January is the coolest at -5.5°C (low -9.9°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 30.0°C.

The wet season runs from June to September. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are June, July, and September. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 3,222,000. The wettest month is July (281 mm, 17 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is January (9 mm).