Average temperature in December is -8.1 °C
Average daytime temperature is -2.8 °C
Average night temperature is -13.7 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 10 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -30.8 °C
Number of sunny days: 21
Number of rainy days: 4
Number of snow days: 6
Precipitation sum: 43 mm
* Weather data for Kanggye 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 | -3.5 | 1 | 1.9 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 4 | 6.1 | 10 | 3.2 | 0.8 | -4.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.2 | -2.5 | -14.3 | -17.3 | -11.9 | -6.7 | -14.7 | -16.8 | -14.1 | -8.1 | -5.9 | -4 | -2.5 | -3.4 | -1.3 | 0.7 | -0.9 | -0.1 |
| Apparent max temperature | -8.2 | -3.7 | -1.9 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 6.8 | -0.6 | -4.3 | -8 | -3.1 | -1.4 | -2.8 | -6.3 | -19.8 | -22.9 | -17 | -11.2 | -20 | -21.8 | -18.7 | -12.2 | -10.2 | -7.8 | -6.7 | -7.3 | -5.1 | -2.7 | -4 | -4.5 |
| Mean temperature | -7.3 | -4.9 | -3.7 | 0.8 | 3.4 | -1.3 | 1.8 | 5.1 | -2.7 | -3.6 | -5.3 | -4.2 | -1.1 | -0.7 | -7.6 | -21.4 | -22.9 | -17.7 | -12.8 | -19.4 | -21.1 | -19.1 | -15 | -12.7 | -9.8 | -8.2 | -11.1 | -9.6 | -8.3 | -3.5 | -5.7 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -14.3 | -14.1 | -12.1 | -6.4 | -3 | -10.6 | -8.5 | -4.2 | -12.6 | -11.4 | -12.8 | -12.6 | -8.1 | -6 | -19.3 | -36.2 | -33.7 | -27.2 | -25.6 | -30.4 | -30.1 | -29 | -25.8 | -23.1 | -20.1 | -20 | -21.5 | -19.7 | -17.6 | -11.5 | -15 |
| Minimum temperature | -10.1 | -10.2 | -8.3 | -3.1 | 0 | -6.9 | -5.3 | -1 | -7.5 | -6.4 | -8.6 | -8.7 | -4.8 | -2.1 | -14 | -30.8 | -28.5 | -22.4 | -20.6 | -25.3 | -24.9 | -24.3 | -21.1 | -18.6 | -15.5 | -15.7 | -17.2 | -15.6 | -13.6 | -7.9 | -11.4 |
| Apparent min temperature | -11.5 | -9.1 | -7.5 | -2.7 | 0.3 | -4.6 | -1.8 | 2.5 | -7.2 | -8.5 | -9.4 | -8.1 | -4.6 | -4 | -12 | -26.7 | -27.9 | -22.3 | -17.7 | -24.4 | -25.9 | -23.7 | -19.3 | -17 | -14.2 | -12.3 | -15.1 | -13.6 | -12.1 | -6.8 | -9.7 |
| 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) | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 8.4 | 2.7 | 8.4 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 0 | 7.6 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 0 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 0 | 7.2 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 7.7 | 12.6 | 6.2 | 13.7 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 14.8 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 9 | 11.2 | 14.5 | 12 | 9.8 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 10.5 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Kanggye was 10°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -30.8°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Kanggye are -13.7°C and -2.8°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 43 mm.