Best time to visit Chuncheon

The best time to visit Chuncheon is May and October, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, South Korea

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  • Good month
  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January1.6 °C / 35 °F-7.8 °C / 18 °F19 mm / 0.7 inneither best nor good
February4.7 °C / 40 °F-5 °C / 23 °F26 mm / 1 inneither best nor good
March10.9 °C / 52 °F0.4 °C / 33 °F50 mm / 2 inneither best nor good
April17.1 °C / 63 °F5.6 °C / 42 °F79 mm / 3.1 ingood month
May22.5 °C / 73 °F11.4 °C / 53 °F97 mm / 3.8 inbest month
June26.2 °C / 79 °F16.9 °C / 62 °F123 mm / 4.9 ingood month
July28 °C / 82 °F21.4 °C / 71 °F323 mm / 12.7 inneither best nor good
August28.9 °C / 84 °F21.7 °C / 71 °F231 mm / 9.1 inneither best nor good
September24.9 °C / 77 °F16.2 °C / 61 °F136 mm / 5.4 ingood month
October19.1 °C / 66 °F8.9 °C / 48 °F60 mm / 2.4 inbest month
November11.2 °C / 52 °F1.9 °C / 35 °F48 mm / 1.9 inneither best nor good
December2.9 °C / 37 °F-5.6 °C / 22 °F26 mm / 1 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: good
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
May, October
Good
April, June, September
Why these months
  • April · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 14.8 °C / 59 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 73%, average daily high 17.1 °C / 63 °F, precipitation 79 mm / 3.1 in, wet days 8.5 days, days with heavy rain 2.6 days, relative humidity 61%, average daily low 5.6 °C / 42 °F.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 21.9 °C / 71 °F, average daily high 22.5 °C / 73 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 70%, precipitation 97 mm / 3.8 in, wet days 8.7 days, days with heavy rain 3.2 days, average daily low 11.4 °C / 53 °F, relative humidity 67%.

  • June · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.9 °C / 82 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 68%, average daily high 26.2 °C / 79 °F, precipitation 123 mm / 4.9 in, average daily low 16.9 °C / 62 °F, wet days 10.3 days, days with heavy rain 3.6 days, relative humidity 72%.

  • September · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.2 °C / 79 °F, average daily high 24.9 °C / 77 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 67%, wet days 8.6 days, average daily low 16.2 °C / 61 °F, days with heavy rain 3.9 days, relative humidity 76%.

    Against: precipitation 136 mm / 5.4 in.

  • October · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 17.9 °C / 64 °F, average daily high 19.1 °C / 66 °F, precipitation 60 mm / 2.4 in, share of daylight that is sunny 76%, wet days 6.4 days, days with heavy rain 1.6 days, average daily low 8.9 °C / 48 °F, relative humidity 73%.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is 휘닉스 평창, Pheonix Park, 60 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) -3 °C0.4 °C7.4 °C14.8 °C21.9 °C27.9 °C31.7 °C32.8 °C26.2 °C17.9 °C8.1 °C-1.3 °C
Days with heavy rain 0.3 days0.8 days1.4 days2.6 days3.2 days3.6 days8 days6.4 days3.9 days1.6 days1.2 days0.6 days
Time rain usually falls 9 am1 pm1 am2 pm8 am5 pm3 am2 pm3 am9 am6 am3 pm
Sunshine per day 7.9 h8.6 h9.1 h9.7 h9.9 h10.1 h7.4 h8.3 h8.3 h8.5 h7.6 h7.6 h
Relative humidity 61%59%60%61%67%72%81%80%76%73%69%64%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–202520.5 µg/m³18.8 µg/m³24 µg/m³22.6 µg/m³21.3 µg/m³21.3 µg/m³16.8 µg/m³16.3 µg/m³11.1 µg/m³12.6 µg/m³15.9 µg/m³16.3 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202533.7 µg/m³29.9 µg/m³37 µg/m³35 µg/m³33.4 µg/m³34.9 µg/m³28.8 µg/m³27.4 µg/m³19.2 µg/m³20.2 µg/m³25.4 µg/m³26.9 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).