Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, sits on the Taedong River on a plain in the west of the country, not far from the Yellow Sea at approximately 39.04°N, 125.76°E. It has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa) — with cold, dry winters and hot, humid, rainy summers — shaped by the Siberian winter monsoon and the East Asian summer monsoon.

Summer, from June to August, is hot and humid, with August the warmest month — average highs around 29–30°C — and it is by far the wettest season. The East Asian summer monsoon delivers the great majority of the year's rain in these months, often as heavy downpours and thunderstorms, and typhoon remnants can reach the peninsula in late summer, bringing torrential rain and flooding.

Winter, from December to February, is cold and dry, with January the coldest month — average highs around -3°C and lows near -11 to -13°C, and cold snaps driven by Siberian air that can drop well below -20°C. The dry winter monsoon brings many clear, sunny but bitterly cold days, with light snowfall and biting northwesterly winds.

Pyongyang receives around 900–950 mm of precipitation a year, overwhelmingly concentrated in the summer months from June to September, when July and August alone can account for more than half the annual total, while the winter is very dry with light snow. Live rainfall, humidity, and pressure readings for the city are shown in the panels above.

Pyongyang's weather follows the classic Korean monsoon pattern — frigid, dry, sunny winters driven by Siberian air, and hot, drenching summers — with rainfall so concentrated into July and August that summer flooding along the Taedong is a recurring hazard, while the rest of the year stays notably dry.

To follow any single measurement in Pyongyang more closely, use our live instruments: the online barometer for atmospheric pressure, the thermometer for temperature, the hygrometer for humidity, the anemometer for wind speed, the wind vane for wind direction, and the rain gauge for rainfall.