Panghyon Airport

KP-0031 · P'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea

Climate Panghyon Airport 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (ZYTX) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 63.6 67 70 79 70 62
February 75.3 87 74 73 84 76
March 78.1 88 82 83 81 63
April 86.0 88 74 95 88
May 92.3 96 91 94 98 91
June 90.6 87 95 94 82 87
July 82.3 66 76 84 87
August 81.0 81 72 82 77
September 89.6 90 90 93 86
October 81.6 77 83 79 89
November 74.9 77 68 72 57
December 76.3 89 63 96 86
Average 81.8 85.7 81.7 79.5 84.8 79.7

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 82.6 86 86 93 87 83
February 90.1 97 86 91 96 93
March 91.7 98 95 95 95 80
April 95.9 97 94 99 99
May 98.5 99 98 99 100 99
June 97.4 98 100 99 94 96
July 96.7 91 97 99 98
August 97.0 98 97 97 97
September 97.8 99 98 99 97
October 95.8 96 96 94 97
November 90.5 94 86 85 81
December 91.3 99 85 99 99
Average 94.2 95.8 95.1 94.4 95.4 93.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -4.3 -3.9 -4.1 -3.5 -4.2 -6.5
February 0.0 -2.1 -2.9 2.5 -1.0 1.6
March 9.6 9.9 8.4 12.0 8.5 10.6
April 17.8 19.3 16.5 19.3 17.6
May 24.0 23.3 24.3 24.8 23.8 22.3
June 27.8 28.6 29.1 29.0 25.6 26.3
July 30.1 29.3 29.8 29.3 30.5
August 28.6 30.8 28.8 27.8 27.6
September 24.7 24.0 26.6 24.8 24.5
October 16.8 17.5 19.1 15.5 16.5
November 6.3 9.0 3.6 7.7 5.0
December -3.7 -1.4 -4.1 -4.3 -1.7
Average 14.7 11.7 15.5 15.5 15.1 14.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -17.8 -16.6 -17.3 -15.3 -17.5 -19.6
February -13.8 -14.0 -13.8 -10.0 -15.0 -11.4
March -3.6 -2.1 -3.2 -2.9 -3.6 -2.1
April 5.2 7.5 4.7 5.7 4.7
May 12.0 11.4 12.5 12.3 10.9 11.3
June 17.6 18.1 18.0 17.5 18.1 16.8
July 21.7 22.0 21.6 21.5 22.3
August 19.7 21.8 20.1 18.1 18.6
September 13.2 13.3 13.6 13.4 14.6
October 4.0 4.7 6.5 3.9 4.0
November -5.5 -2.5 -7.7 -3.5 -6.9
December -14.0 -14.4 -16.1 -15.1 -12.8
Average 3.4 -1.8 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.6 8 4 7 5 7
February 4.8 0 1 3 4 5
March 4.4 0 5 1 9 6
April 5.5 4 12 0 10
May 7.6 7 10 6 4 8
June 6.9 13 2 2 16 12
July 9.1 21 12 13 9
August 10.0 5 11 14 7
September 6.9 8 1 7 12
October 5.4 5 5 13 9
November 9.4 10 18 8 18
December 3.4 0 14 2 1
Average 6.6 5.9 6.5 7.3 8.3 8.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.9 5 6 8 6 6
February 7.0 7 8 8 7 8
March 8.6 10 8 9 9 8
April 9.8 9 10 10 10
May 9.2 9 9 9 9 9
June 7.0 7 8 7 6 6
July 5.9 6 6 5 6
August 5.5 5 6 5 5
September 6.1 6 6 7 6
October 7.2 8 7 8 7
November 6.9 6 7 7 6
December 6.3 6 7 7 7
Average 7.2 7.8 7.1 7.4 7.1 6.9

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 275° 335° 266° 327° 284°
February 245° 013° 270° 286° 273°
March 281° 285° 233° 277° 239°
April 239° 259° 240° 248°
May 232° 233° 196° 231° 233°
June 233° 225° 226° 199° 213°
July 200° 210° 216° 199°
August 208° 014° 225° 234°
September 007° 226° 221° 196°
October 251° 248° 251° 304°
November 275° 283° 274° 251°
December 266° 356° 262° 282°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.