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Satellite view of Kwangnyang-man; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Bay

Kwangnyang-man

North KoreaNampo · North Korea · Yellow Sea

38.7586, 125.2394 · Chaeryŏng-ni, 3 km

  • 23°Sea · August
  • 25°High · August
  • 7.4 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Kwangnyang-man. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Kwangnyang-man in October

  • 17°CAir, daytime high13°C at night
  • 19°CSea temperature
  • 6.3 hSunshine a day
  • 7 daysRainy days in the month55 mm in total
  • 18 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 19.6 °C — 0.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.3 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September23 °C
Most sunshineApril and May7 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and December9 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan3°5 h9 mm
  2. Feb1°6 h20 mm
  3. Mar2°7 h23 mm
  4. Apr7°7 h56 mm
  5. May11°7 h84 mm
  6. Jun16°6 h99 mm
  7. Jul20°4 h253 mm
  8. Aug23°5 h227 mm
  9. Sep22°7 h91 mm
  10. Oct19°6 h55 mm
  11. Nov14°5 h49 mm
  12. Dec8°5 h18 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3°Feb: 1°Mar: 2°Apr: 7°May: 11°Jun: 16°Jul: 20°Aug: 23°Sep: 22°Oct: 19°Nov: 14°Dec: 8°1°23°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -2 °C (High 0° / Low -4°)Feb: -1 °C (High 1° / Low -3°)Mar: 3 °C (High 5° / Low 1°)Apr: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 6°)May: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 11°)Jun: 19 °C (High 21° / Low 17°)Jul: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 21°)Aug: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 22°)Sep: 21 °C (High 23° / Low 19°)Oct: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Nov: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 6°)Dec: 1 °C (High 3° / Low -1°)24°-2°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9 mm9Feb: 20 mmMar: 23 mmApr: 56 mmMay: 84 mmJun: 99 mmJul: 253 mm253Aug: 227 mmSep: 91 mmOct: 55 mmNov: 49 mmDec: 18 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.4 hFeb: 5.9 hMar: 7.1 hApr: 7.2 hMay: 7.4 h7.4Jun: 6.1 hJul: 3.9 h3.9Aug: 5.3 hSep: 6.6 hOct: 6.3 hNov: 4.9 hDec: 5.0 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Kwangnyang-man: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Kwangnyang-man: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January0-43925.422
February1-312035.920
March5122337.119
April10675667.217
May1611118497.415
June21171699106.112
July242120253173.913
Augustwarmest sea252223227155.313
September2319229186.614
October1713195576.318
November106144964.922
December3-181845.023

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Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER34 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.134 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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