Climate of Seoul, South Korea

Dwa

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Dwa — Cold, dry winter, hot summer.

Seoul has a mean annual temperature of 12.5 °C and receives 1400 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is August with a mean temperature of 25.9 °C, while January is the coldest month at -2.4 °C. Most precipitation falls in July (410 mm); the driest month is January (19 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Seoul: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue bars, right axis, mm), 1991–2020 0 0 10 20 20 40 30 60 40 80 50 100 60 120 70 140 80 160 90 180 100 200 110 220 120 240 130 260 140 280 150 300 160 320 170 340 180 360 190 380 200 400 210 420 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: blue bars show monthly precipitation (right axis, mm), the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January-2.418.5
February0.428.8
March5.840.6
April12.486.9
May18.098.1
June22.5134.5
July25.4409.9
August25.9314.6
September21.1143.5
October14.451.4
November7.048.4
December-0.224.5
Year12.51399.6

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (37.57°, 126.98°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.