Average temperature in December is -1.5 °C
Average daytime temperature is 2.3 °C
Average night temperature is -5.2 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 15.1 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -16 °C
Number of sunny days: 14
Number of rainy days: 11
Number of snow days: 6
Precipitation sum: 60 mm
* Weather data for Sariwŏn North Korea is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| December (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 0.1 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 7.9 | 9 | 8.9 | 11.5 | 15.1 | 12.4 | 7 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.1 | -7 | -9 | -6.2 | -2.6 | -8.9 | -10.9 | -9.4 | -3.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Apparent max temperature | -5.6 | 0.4 | -1.4 | 3 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 4.1 | 1 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | -14.4 | -15.7 | -11.4 | -6.6 | -15.8 | -17.6 | -15.6 | -8.1 | -3.6 | -4.3 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | -1.6 | -3.1 |
| Mean temperature | -3.3 | -0.4 | -1 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | -0.3 | -10.9 | -11.2 | -8.6 | -6.5 | -12.6 | -13.6 | -11.3 | -6 | -2.4 | -2 | -2.8 | -1.9 | -1.3 | 0.8 | 1 | -2.5 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -10.1 | -10 | -7.9 | -4.6 | -1 | -7.4 | -3.2 | 4.1 | -7.8 | -6.4 | -4.4 | -6.2 | -3.9 | -1.9 | -14.6 | -20.1 | -19.2 | -15.6 | -18.2 | -22.5 | -21.9 | -20.7 | -15.1 | -10.8 | -8.2 | -11.4 | -9.4 | -7.5 | -5.5 | -4.8 | -11.1 |
| Minimum temperature | -5.8 | -5.4 | -3.5 | 0.6 | 3 | -3.2 | 1.1 | 6 | -2.4 | -1.4 | -0.5 | -3.4 | -1.1 | 2.9 | -7.2 | -13.6 | -12.6 | -11.2 | -11.7 | -16 | -15.6 | -14.6 | -10.6 | -6.3 | -4 | -7.6 | -5.7 | -3.9 | -1.4 | -0.5 | -6.8 |
| Apparent min temperature | -8 | -5.1 | -5.3 | -1.1 | 1.5 | -1 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 0.7 | -0.2 | -1.8 | -2.6 | 1.5 | -0.1 | -4.5 | -18.1 | -16.8 | -13.6 | -11.7 | -19.4 | -20.2 | -16.7 | -10.4 | -6.3 | -6.2 | -6.8 | -5.7 | -4.7 | -2.8 | -3.3 | -6.5 |
| December | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 8.7 | 3.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 5.6 | 3 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 4.8 | 8.2 | 0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 0 | 4.2 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 13.4 | 0 | 2.6 | 15.4 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.1 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 19 | 23.2 | 16.1 | 17.7 | 16.4 | 20.6 | 21.2 | 27.8 | 16.5 | 22.3 | 28.1 | 9.7 | 15.1 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 21.8 | 10.9 | 20.9 | 22.5 | 25 | 18 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 12.2 | 16 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 14 | 19.2 | 17 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Sariwŏn was 15.1°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -16°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Sariwŏn are -5.2°C and 2.3°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 60 mm.