Average temperature in December is -0.8 °C
Average daytime temperature is 3.3 °C
Average night temperature is -4.5 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 14.6 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -15.9 °C
Number of sunny days: 19
Number of rainy days: 8
Number of snow days: 4
Precipitation sum: 68 mm
* Weather data for Kaesŏng 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 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 14.6 | 13 | 12.1 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 3.2 | -5 | -7.8 | -4.6 | -1.9 | -6.8 | -8.9 | -8.4 | -2.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 6 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 4.6 |
| Apparent max temperature | -5.9 | 0.7 | -0.9 | 2.5 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 9.1 | 3 | 4.1 | 6.8 | 1.5 | -0.6 | -11.6 | -14 | -10 | -5.7 | -13.3 | -15.3 | -14.5 | -7 | -3.6 | -3.1 | 1 | 1.5 | -0.5 | 0.3 | -1.4 | 0.8 |
| Mean temperature | -3.6 | -0.2 | -1.5 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 1.1 | -9.8 | -10.4 | -7.3 | -5.4 | -11.5 | -13.2 | -11.2 | -5.5 | -3.1 | -2 | -0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -10.9 | -9.8 | -7.9 | -4.2 | -1.2 | -8 | -3 | 1.8 | -2.5 | -0.1 | -5 | -5.8 | -2.2 | -3 | -11 | -19.7 | -19 | -15.3 | -16.8 | -22.1 | -22.3 | -21.2 | -13.6 | -9.4 | -9.5 | -9 | -7.7 | -7 | -6.6 | -4.2 | -5.8 |
| Minimum temperature | -5.5 | -5.3 | -4 | -0.1 | 2.4 | -3.9 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 1.7 | -2.7 | 1 | 2.9 | -4.7 | -13.6 | -12.7 | -9.9 | -10.7 | -15.9 | -15.9 | -15.1 | -9.2 | -5.2 | -5.1 | -5.5 | -4 | -3.7 | -3 | -0.4 | -2.5 |
| Apparent min temperature | -8.3 | -4.9 | -5.6 | -0.9 | 1.8 | -0.3 | 1.9 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 5.5 | -2 | -1.7 | 3.5 | -0.7 | -3.3 | -16.6 | -15.9 | -12.3 | -10.1 | -17.8 | -19.6 | -16.6 | -9.7 | -6.8 | -6.1 | -5 | -3.5 | -3.3 | -2.7 | -2.7 | -3.6 |
| 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 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 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 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 8.8 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 7.9 | 0 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.4 | 0 | 4.4 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 12.4 | 0 | 2.2 | 18.9 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 0.4 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 19.4 | 18.4 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 12.4 | 20.2 | 22.7 | 28 | 16.7 | 24.2 | 34.4 | 10 | 16.2 | 31 | 26.4 | 28.8 | 16.6 | 10.2 | 17.9 | 20 | 19.3 | 15.3 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 10.7 | 18.4 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 11.5 | 19.1 | 17.3 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Kaesŏng was 14.6°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -15.9°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Kaesŏng are -4.5°C and 3.3°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 68 mm.