Geography and Climate
The mean temperature in the coldest month, January, is relatively mild at 1.8°C. The warmest month is August, when the mean temperature is 25.7°C. On average, Pohang receives 1,152mm of precipitation per year. The driest month is December, when the city receives a scant 25.7mm of precipitation on average. However, the mean amount of precipitation for the wettest month, August, is 227.4mm.
| Climate data for Pohang (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
28.7 (83.7) |
29.4 (84.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
18.7 (65.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
3.8 (38.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −2 (28) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
6.1 (43.0) |
0.4 (32.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 36.5 (1.437) |
40.8 (1.606) |
60.9 (2.398) |
68.9 (2.713) |
85.2 (3.354) |
141.6 (5.575) |
203.2 (8) |
227.4 (8.953) |
177.1 (6.972) |
43.7 (1.72) |
41.1 (1.618) |
25.7 (1.012) |
1,152.0 (45.354) |
| % humidity | 49.1 | 51.8 | 57.0 | 57.9 | 64.6 | 73.9 | 78.7 | 78.8 | 75.9 | 65.5 | 57.6 | 51.0 | 63.5 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.4 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 100.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 188.7 | 176.4 | 189.9 | 214.0 | 223.9 | 183.7 | 161.1 | 170.3 | 154.5 | 193.7 | 182.8 | 190.4 | 2,229.6 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
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