North Korea weather is classified as continental with strong humid, East Asian monsoonal influences. Unlike the patterns usually associated with the bulk of the Asia continent, North Korea weather is characterized by its four distinct seasons: summers tend to be hot, humid and rainy; the winters are long and bitterly cold, while both spring and autumn are relatively short, acting more as intervals and transitional periods between the two dominating seasons. During spring and autumn, North Korea weather is at its finest and most pleasant.

While North Korea weather is largely similar to that of South Korea, its patterns tend to veer towards more continental and extreme conditions, mainly due to the country’s longer land border and its exposure to cold winds that blow from Manchuria and Siberia in winter. Perhaps the biggest drawback of weather in North Korea is the harshness of its winter season; while most of the country remains trapped in a bitterly cold sachet, marred by the almost permanent presence of a chilly wind, conditions in the northern parts of the country are even more severe.

During a typical North Korean winter, rivers remain frozen for anything between three and four months, ice forms along the coast and the northern parts of the country can experience up to 200 days with frost per year. Snowfall is abundant; at Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital city, it snows for as many as thirty-seven days per year, and on many more days in the far north. During January, temperatures in Pyongyang usually fluctuate between -3° C and -13° C.

Summer tends to be a rather short, hot and humid period. It also tends to be quite rainy, thanks to the impact of the southern and southeastern monsoon winds and the moist air they bring from the Pacific Ocean. The monsoon season usually coincides with the months of July and August. August is the hottest month of the year and temperatures in Pyongyang range between 20° C and 29° C.

More than half of the country’s annual precipitation falls between June and September. During late summer and early fall typhoons occasionally make their presence felt. In late spring, droughts are common, often followed by severe flooding.

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