Best time to visit Gimcheon

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

Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

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  • 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
January3.3 °C / 38 °F-5.3 °C / 22 °F23 mm / 0.9 inneither best nor good
February6 °C / 43 °F-3.3 °C / 26 °F33 mm / 1.3 inneither best nor good
March12.2 °C / 54 °F1.3 °C / 34 °F58 mm / 2.3 ingood month
April17.9 °C / 64 °F6.4 °C / 44 °F77 mm / 3 inbest month
May23.2 °C / 74 °F12 °C / 54 °F86 mm / 3.4 inbest month
June26.6 °C / 80 °F17.4 °C / 63 °F125 mm / 4.9 ingood month
July28.4 °C / 83 °F21.5 °C / 71 °F253 mm / 10 inneither best nor good
August29.3 °C / 85 °F21.9 °C / 71 °F211 mm / 8.3 inneither best nor good
September24.7 °C / 76 °F16.6 °C / 62 °F174 mm / 6.8 ingood month
October19.6 °C / 67 °F9.6 °C / 49 °F78 mm / 3.1 inbest month
November12.5 °C / 55 °F2.9 °C / 37 °F42 mm / 1.6 ingood month
December4.8 °C / 41 °F-3.6 °C / 26 °F28 mm / 1.1 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: good
  4. AApril: best
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: good
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: good
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
April–May, October
Good
March, June, September, November
Why these months
  • March · good

    In its favour: precipitation 58 mm / 2.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 76%, wet days 7.3 days, days with heavy rain 1.9 days, relative humidity 57%.

    Against: feels like (high) 8.7 °C / 48 °F, average daily high 12.2 °C / 54 °F, average daily low 1.3 °C / 34 °F.

  • April · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 15.5 °C / 60 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 74%, average daily high 17.9 °C / 64 °F, precipitation 77 mm / 3 in, wet days 7.8 days, days with heavy rain 2.8 days, relative humidity 58%, average daily low 6.4 °C / 44 °F.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 22.4 °C / 72 °F, average daily high 23.2 °C / 74 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 72%, precipitation 86 mm / 3.4 in, wet days 7.6 days, days with heavy rain 3 days, average daily low 12 °C / 54 °F, relative humidity 62%.

  • June · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.7 °C / 82 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 66%, average daily high 26.6 °C / 80 °F, precipitation 125 mm / 4.9 in, average daily low 17.4 °C / 63 °F, days with heavy rain 3.6 days, wet days 11.1 days, relative humidity 69%.

  • September · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26 °C / 79 °F, average daily high 24.7 °C / 76 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 64%, average daily low 16.6 °C / 62 °F, wet days 11.2 days, days with heavy rain 4.2 days.

    Against: precipitation 174 mm / 6.8 in, relative humidity 78%.

  • October · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 18.1 °C / 65 °F, average daily high 19.6 °C / 67 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 77%, precipitation 78 mm / 3.1 in, wet days 6 days, days with heavy rain 2.1 days, average daily low 9.6 °C / 49 °F, relative humidity 71%.

  • November · good

    In its favour: precipitation 42 mm / 1.6 in, share of daylight that is sunny 78%, wet days 5.6 days, days with heavy rain 1.3 days, relative humidity 67%.

    Against: feels like (high) 9.3 °C / 49 °F, average daily high 12.5 °C / 55 °F, average daily low 2.9 °C / 37 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Muju, 42 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) -1.6 °C1.6 °C8.7 °C15.5 °C22.4 °C27.7 °C31.9 °C32.9 °C26 °C18.1 °C9.3 °C0.3 °C
Days with heavy rain 0.6 days0.9 days1.9 days2.8 days3 days3.6 days6.9 days6.7 days4.2 days2.1 days1.3 days0.8 days
Time rain usually falls 10 pm4 pm6 am3 pm7 am5 pm3 pm3 pm4 am12 pm2 pm11 am
Sunshine per day 8 h8.6 h9.1 h9.8 h10.1 h9.6 h7.9 h8.9 h8 h8.6 h8 h7.7 h
Relative humidity 61%58%57%58%62%69%80%79%78%71%67%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) 2022–202519 µg/m³18.6 µg/m³23.2 µg/m³22.7 µg/m³20.9 µg/m³20.5 µg/m³13.9 µg/m³15.8 µg/m³14.2 µg/m³14.3 µg/m³16.3 µg/m³15.8 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202531.2 µg/m³29.9 µg/m³35.7 µg/m³35.8 µg/m³33.2 µg/m³33.4 µg/m³23.8 µg/m³26 µg/m³23.5 µg/m³22.5 µg/m³25.7 µg/m³27.3 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).