Kunsan Air Base

RKJK · Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

Climate Kunsan Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kunsan Air Base (RKJK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.8 72 70 82 84 82
February 74.1 47 83 80 76 70
March 73.3 69 77 71 69 88
April 75.6 53 66 86 84 89
May 81.4 74 98 75 77
June 74.2 70 75 76 63
July 72.5 60 80 79 61
August 81.8 79 73 87 71
September 86.9 73 93 88 89
October 91.8 93 89 94 94
November 85.7 86 84 85 85
December 77.0 51 81 76 83
Average 78.1 59.7 72.8 82.3 81.0 78.9

7th best VFR conditions of South Korea

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.0 90 81 92 93 92
February 86.3 75 89 92 87 81
March 83.6 82 85 85 76 93
April 89.1 83 79 89 96 97
May 90.1 86 100 85 86
June 88.7 87 97 82 81
July 87.0 79 90 88 84
August 92.9 93 89 96 89
September 94.6 87 97 96 96
October 96.7 96 96 98 98
November 94.1 97 95 91 95
December 88.9 75 88 88 90
Average 89.7 82.1 85.8 92.3 89.5 90.1

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.3 6 4 5 3 7
February 6.5 9 7 6 8 8
March 12.0 12 14 13 13 12
April 17.0 19 18 19 19 15
May 21.9 23 23 22 21
June 26.0 26 28 27 26
July 29.3 29 31 33 26
August 30.7 31 30 31 30
September 26.3 27 27 28 25
October 20.3 21 19 23 20
November 13.9 13 16 16 14
December 6.3 7 4 9 6
Average 16.4 11.3 18.3 18.9 19.3 17.4

5th highest temperature of South Korea

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -4.8 -1 -4 -5 -5 0
February -2.6 2 -3 -4 0 0
March 3.4 3 3 3 4 3
April 8.4 11 9 8 9 6
May 13.6 14 13 13 14
June 18.9 19 19 19 20
July 23.0 24 24 24 21
August 23.7 24 24 23 24
September 18.8 20 18 19 18
October 11.1 12 11 12 10
November 4.9 5 5 5 6
December -2.4 -1 -3 -1 -2
Average 8.9 3.8 10.3 9.9 10.3 10.0

8th lowest temperature of South Korea

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.5 23 12 12 9 9
February 9.8 23 0 15 6 13
March 6.0 10 3 11 8 2
April 6.7 12 9 4 5 4
May 7.3 19 0 9 4
June 7.1 10 7 7 9
July 14.3 34 9 9 14
August 11.7 18 18 12 10
September 9.3 15 7 10 9
October 4.6 3 6 5 0
November 8.0 17 6 9 6
December 12.6 29 21 9 9
Average 9.4 16.4 14.5 9.4 8.2 7.4

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.7 8 8 8 8 7
February 8.5 7 8 10 10 8
March 9.2 10 10 9 9 11
April 8.6 7 9 8 9 11
May 8.6 8 10 9 8
June 8.3 9 10 8 8
July 7.6 8 8 7 7
August 8.0 8 9 7 9
September 7.2 6 8 7 8
October 7.8 8 9 7 8
November 7.6 9 8 8 8
December 7.7 8 7 8 8
Average 8.1 7.9 8.1 8.5 7.9 8.2

5th highest wind speed of South Korea

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 339° 336° 338° 357° 341°
February 342° 327° 313° 316° 314°
March 299° 295° 281° 292° 302°
April 301° 267° 262° 299° 280°
May 253° 282° 257° 264°
June 266° 237° 264° 281°
July 210° 226° 266° 262°
August 301° 232° 327° 212°
September 348° 005° 008° 310°
October 309° 321° 325° 338°
November 320° 340° 290° 343°
December 334° 336° 325° 351°

Prevailing wind direction

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