Climatch

20 Places With Weather Like Kaesŏng

Kaesŏng, North Korea has warm summers and freezing winters, with most rain from June to September, highs between 35°F (2°C) and 84°F (29°C) and 45 in (1137 mm) of rain a year. These 20 cities have the closest month-by-month highs, lows, rain, humidity and sunshine of any with 25,000+ people, with seasons lined up across hemispheres. The closest match is Hwado, South Korea at 99%, and 14 of the 20 are outside North Korea.

The 20 closest climates

  1. 🇰🇷HwadoGyeonggi-do, South Korea · Pop. 106k99%matchSame summer highsSame winter lowsKaesŏng vs Hwado →
  2. 🇰🇵Sinch’ŏn-ŭpSouth Hwanghae, North Korea · Pop. 141k99%matchSame summer highsSame winter lowsKaesŏng vs Sinch’ŏn-ŭp →
  3. 🇰🇷ChuncheonGangwon-do, South Korea · Pop. 285k99%matchSame winter lowsSame summer highsKaesŏng vs Chuncheon →
  4. 🇰🇷Icheon-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea · Pop. 196k99%matchSame winter lowsSame summer highsKaesŏng vs Icheon-si →
  5. 🇰🇵KangnyŏngSouth Hwanghae, North Korea · Pop. 107k99%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Kangnyŏng →
  6. 🇰🇷SuwonGyeonggi-do, South Korea · Pop. 1.2M98%matchSame sunshineSimilar rainfallKaesŏng vs Suwon →
  7. 🇰🇵Namp’oNampo, North Korea · Pop. 455k97%matchSame winter lowsSame summer highsKaesŏng vs Namp’o →
  8. 🇰🇷WŏnjuGangwon-do, South Korea · Pop. 333k96%matchSimilar rainfallSame sunshineKaesŏng vs Wŏnju →
  9. 🇰🇵PyongyangNorth Korea · Pop. 3.2M95%matchSame sunshineSimilar rainfallKaesŏng vs Pyongyang →
  10. 🇰🇷SeosanChungcheongnam-do, South Korea · Pop. 74k94%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Seosan →
  11. 🇰🇷BoryeongChungcheongnam-do, South Korea · Pop. 94k94%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Boryeong →
  12. 🇰🇷ChungjuNorth Chungcheong, South Korea · Pop. 209k93%matchSame sunshineSimilar rainfallKaesŏng vs Chungju →
  13. 🇰🇷Cheongju-siNorth Chungcheong, South Korea · Pop. 852k92%matchSame winter lowsSimilar rainfallKaesŏng vs Cheongju-si →
  14. 🇨🇳DandongLiaoning, China · Pop. 816k92%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Dandong →
  15. 🇰🇵Kusŏng-siP'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea · Pop. 31k92%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Kusŏng-si →
  16. 🇰🇷Jinan-gunJeollabuk-do, South Korea · Pop. 31k92%matchSame summer highsWetter wintersKaesŏng vs Jinan-gun →
  17. 🇰🇵Sunch’ŏnSouth Pyongan, North Korea · Pop. 437k91%matchSame summer highsSame sunshineKaesŏng vs Sunch’ŏn →
  18. 🇰🇷YeongdongNorth Chungcheong, South Korea · Pop. 44k90%matchSimilar rainfallKaesŏng vs Yeongdong →
  19. 🇰🇷HwasunJeollanam-do, South Korea · Pop. 60k89%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Hwasun →
  20. 🇰🇷SangjuGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea · Pop. 101k88%matchSimilar rainfallSame sunshineKaesŏng vs Sangju →

↻ = seasons flipped: a city across the equator is compared six months apart, so its January lines up with Kaesŏng's July.

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Like Kaesŏng, but…

Like Kaesŏng, but warmer

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  1. 🇰🇷BoryeongChungcheongnam-do, South Korea · Pop. 94k93%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Boryeong →
  2. 🇰🇷SeoulSouth Korea · Pop. 10M93%matchSame summer highsSimilar rainfallKaesŏng vs Seoul →
  3. 🇰🇷IksanJeollabuk-do, South Korea · Pop. 307k93%matchSimilar rainfallMilder wintersKaesŏng vs Iksan →
  4. 🇰🇷JeonjuJeollabuk-do, South Korea · Pop. 638k92%matchSimilar rainfallMilder wintersKaesŏng vs Jeonju →
  5. 🇰🇷GwangjuSouth Korea · Pop. 1.4M92%matchSimilar rainfallMilder wintersKaesŏng vs Gwangju →

Like Kaesŏng, but drier

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  1. 🇰🇵Sinch’ŏn-ŭpSouth Hwanghae, North Korea · Pop. 141k99%matchSame summer highsSame winter lowsKaesŏng vs Sinch’ŏn-ŭp →
  2. 🇰🇵OngjinSouth Hwanghae, North Korea · Pop. 64k96%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Ongjin →
  3. 🇰🇵Namp’oNampo, North Korea · Pop. 455k96%matchSame winter lowsSame summer highsKaesŏng vs Namp’o →
  4. 🇨🇳DandongLiaoning, China · Pop. 816k92%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Dandong →
  5. 🇰🇵Kusŏng-siP'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea · Pop. 31k91%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Kusŏng-si →

Like Kaesŏng, but sunnier

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  1. 🇰🇵KangnyŏngSouth Hwanghae, North Korea · Pop. 107k97%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Kangnyŏng →
  2. 🇰🇵Kwail-ŭpSouth Hwanghae, North Korea · Pop. 90k97%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Kwail-ŭp →
  3. 🇰🇷SeosanChungcheongnam-do, South Korea · Pop. 74k94%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Seosan →
  4. 🇰🇷BoryeongChungcheongnam-do, South Korea · Pop. 94k94%matchSame summer highsSame humidityKaesŏng vs Boryeong →
  5. 🇰🇷SejongSejong-si, South Korea · Pop. 395k92%matchSame winter lowsSimilar rainfallKaesŏng vs Sejong →