Average temperature in December is 0.2 °C
Average daytime temperature is 4 °C
Average night temperature is -3.1 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 17.5 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -16.6 °C
Number of sunny days: 19
Number of rainy days: 9
Number of snow days: 3
Precipitation sum: 202 mm
* Weather data for Sokcho South 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 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 7 | 8.6 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 15.6 | 17.5 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 4 | 9.9 | 8.1 | 3.9 | -1.4 | -8.5 | -3.8 | 0.9 | -5.1 | -8.2 | -7.8 | -3.2 | -0.1 | 1.1 | 4 | 6 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| Apparent max temperature | -3.6 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 4.8 | 13.2 | 16.1 | 8.3 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 1 | -8.2 | -14.9 | -8.5 | -2.7 | -11.2 | -14 | -13.4 | -7.8 | -5.1 | -4.2 | -1.2 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 1.3 | -0.5 |
| Mean temperature | -1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 6 | 6.2 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 6 | 2.7 | -9.3 | -12 | -7.3 | -3.6 | -10.3 | -12.5 | -11.3 | -6.9 | -3.7 | -2.3 | -0.6 | -0.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -9 | -7.5 | -5.4 | -2.9 | -2 | -5.6 | -2.4 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.1 | -2 | -2.8 | 0.9 | 0 | -6.7 | -20.8 | -20 | -17.5 | -13.8 | -22.9 | -23.2 | -21.5 | -16.1 | -12.7 | -11.8 | -7.7 | -8.1 | -7.2 | -5.9 | -1.2 | -2.1 |
| Minimum temperature | -3.5 | -3.1 | -0.2 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | -0.4 | -14.3 | -14 | -11.5 | -8.4 | -16.4 | -16.6 | -14.9 | -10.5 | -7.8 | -6.8 | -4.2 | -4.2 | -2.5 | -0.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| Apparent min temperature | -7.2 | -2.8 | -2.6 | -0.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 11 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 0.8 | -0.4 | 3.9 | 3 | -0.7 | -17.3 | -18.1 | -12.3 | -7.9 | -16.9 | -18.8 | -17.3 | -12 | -8.2 | -6.9 | -4.9 | -4 | -4.5 | -2.8 | 0 | -1.3 |
| 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 | 9.6 | 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 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.2 | 48.8 | 2 | 1.4 | 60 | 20.4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 15.2 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 14.3 | 17.2 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 28.3 | 23.9 | 22.4 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 21.6 | 12 | 9.7 | 18.9 | 26 | 39.5 | 23.7 | 14.8 | 13.4 | 25.2 | 23.9 | 18.6 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 21 | 21.2 | 9.2 | 20.7 | 16.6 | 8.1 | 16.9 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Sokcho was 17.5°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -16.6°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Sokcho are -3.1°C and 4°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 202 mm.