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When to go to Namp’o
Twelve months of averages for Namp’o, and what they say about when to go.
When to go
What the averages say
Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.
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- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): July and August.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July and August.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): November to March.
- The warmest month is July (29°C) and the coolest January (-1°C). The wettest is July (265 mm) and the driest January (10 mm); about 964 mm of rain falls in a year.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCold
- AprCool
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovCold
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Namp’o
The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1°C | -10°C | 10 mm | 77% | 58% | 2.3 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 2°C | -7°C | 18 mm | 73% | 52% | 3.1 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 8°C | -3°C | 22 mm | 70% | 46% | 4.4 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 16°C | 3°C | 53 mm | 67% | 51% | 5.1 | 31°C | Cool |
| May | 23°C | 10°C | 75 mm | 66% | 54% | 5.6 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 28°C | 16°C | 92 mm | 68% | 63% | 5.2 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 29°C | 20°C | 265 mm | 81% | 74% | 4.2 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 28°C | 20°C | 229 mm | 83% | 66% | 4.4 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 24°C | 14°C | 98 mm | 79% | 58% | 4.3 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 18°C | 7°C | 41 mm | 75% | 48% | 3.5 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 9°C | 0°C | 44 mm | 76% | 55% | 2.4 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | 1°C | -7°C | 17 mm | 77% | 58% | 2 | 25°C | Cold |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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North Korea is closed to general entry at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)