Climate
Incheon has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwa). Incheon's climate is about average compared to the rest of Korea, with 8 locations being cooler and 10 locations being warmer, and with 9 locations being wetter and 9 locations being drier.
Incheon experiences each of its four seasons, distinctly feeling the rise and fall of temperature and humidity. The temperature however, never rises to an extreme, and the climate of the city is essentially mild. Incheon is swept by the seasonal winds as the northwesterly winds strike the city in the winter and the summer in Incheon is affected by gusts of the warm southwesterly winds.
| Climate data for Incheon (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
11.8 (53.2) |
4.7 (40.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) |
0.3 (32.5) |
5.1 (41.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
0.9 (33.6) |
12.1 (53.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −5.4 (22.3) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
12.8 (55.0) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 20.6 (0.811) |
20.8 (0.819) |
40.5 (1.594) |
57.7 (2.272) |
100.3 (3.949) |
112.0 (4.409) |
319.6 (12.583) |
285.8 (11.252) |
153.5 (6.043) |
53.4 (2.102) |
51.0 (2.008) |
19.3 (0.76) |
1,234.4 (48.598) |
| % humidity | 61.5 | 61.8 | 63.4 | 64.1 | 70.3 | 74.8 | 82.2 | 79.1 | 73.1 | 67.3 | 63.9 | 62.0 | 68.6 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.6 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 14.9 | 12.5 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 101.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 178.0 | 181.5 | 204.9 | 219.4 | 231.4 | 203.4 | 156.8 | 191.0 | 197.6 | 211.2 | 168.6 | 171.0 | 2,314.9 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
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