Average temperature in May is 17.4 °C
Average daytime temperature is 23.5 °C
Average night temperature is 12.2 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 29.4 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 6.7 °C
Number of sunny days: 21
Number of rainy days: 10
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 144 mm
* Weather data for Pyongyang North Korea is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| May (°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 | 19.2 | 20.9 | 23.4 | 23.3 | 18.9 | 17.8 | 20.6 | 21.9 | 23 | 23.6 | 24 | 23.4 | 19 | 22.4 | 25.8 | 29.4 | 26.4 | 20.2 | 25.5 | 26.2 | 22.1 | 24.7 | 25.1 | 27 | 25.6 | 24.6 | 21.1 | 22 | 29.1 | 25 | 26 |
| Apparent max temperature | 17.4 | 16.7 | 22 | 22.4 | 19.8 | 13.2 | 18.9 | 21.3 | 22.5 | 22.4 | 24.3 | 20.8 | 18.2 | 22 | 24 | 28.7 | 25 | 21.9 | 26.1 | 24 | 20.5 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 24.4 | 23.1 | 24 | 20.7 | 24.1 | 32.6 | 24.5 | 26.9 |
| Mean temperature | 12.5 | 15 | 17.3 | 18.7 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 14 | 15 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16 | 15 | 16.3 | 19.6 | 21.8 | 20.2 | 17.2 | 19.5 | 18.1 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 19.5 | 19.1 | 18.7 | 18 | 18.8 | 22.6 | 19.3 | 20.6 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 4.6 | 6.5 | 10 | 16.3 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 10 | 10.7 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 16 | 11.9 | 14.8 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 10 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 14.5 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 15.3 | 12.1 | 18.6 |
| Minimum temperature | 7.3 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 16.1 | 13.1 | 10.2 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 13 | 14.5 | 11 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 14.1 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 17.2 | 13.1 | 17.3 |
| Apparent min temperature | 10 | 11.7 | 15.9 | 18.8 | 12.4 | 9.1 | 11.5 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 16 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 15.5 | 18.1 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 17.3 | 19.7 | 16.9 | 15.6 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 18.6 | 21.8 |
| May | 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) | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 12.3 | 7.5 | 11 | 4.1 | 0 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 13 | 12.9 | 13 | 11 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 13 | 12.6 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 11.9 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13 | 12.5 | 10 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.7 | 5.3 | 6.7 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 15.4 | 42.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.5 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 15.1 | 19.5 | 17.2 | 14.1 | 25.8 | 28.7 | 14.6 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 17.7 | 16.9 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 22.9 | 25.1 | 30.9 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 27.2 | 19.6 | 17.1 | 14.8 | 18.4 | 24.4 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 9.7 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 14.5 |
In May 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Pyongyang was 29.4°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 6.7°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during May in Pyongyang are 12.2°C and 23.5°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in May is about 144 mm.