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Satellite view of Musu-dan; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Cape

Musu-dan

North KoreaNorth Hamgyong · North Korea · Sea of Japan

40.8337, 129.7106 · Hwadae, 18 km

  • 22°Sea · August
  • 24°High · August
  • 7.5 hSunshine · March
The dot marks Musu-dan. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Musu-dan in October

  • 16°CAir, daytime high13°C at night
  • 17°CSea temperature
  • 6.6 hSunshine a day
  • 5 daysRainy days in the month40 mm in total
  • 20 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 0Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Musu-dan ↗
  • 66 kmAirport: Orang (Chongjin) Airport (RGO)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 18.4 °C — 1.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.1 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September22 °C
Most sunshineMarch and April8 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February12 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan6°5 h12 mm
  2. Feb4°7 h14 mm
  3. Mar5°8 h20 mm
  4. Apr7°7 h36 mm
  5. May10°6 h65 mm
  6. Jun15°5 h62 mm
  7. Jul19°4 h155 mm
  8. Aug22°6 h140 mm
  9. Sep20°7 h84 mm
  10. Oct17°7 h40 mm
  11. Nov12°5 h34 mm
  12. Dec8°4 h16 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6°Feb: 4°Mar: 5°Apr: 7°May: 10°Jun: 15°Jul: 19°Aug: 22°Sep: 20°Oct: 17°Nov: 12°Dec: 8°4°22°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -1 °C (High 0° / Low -3°)Feb: 0 °C (High 2° / Low -2°)Mar: 3 °C (High 5° / Low 1°)Apr: 7 °C (High 9° / Low 5°)May: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 10°)Jun: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 15°)Jul: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Aug: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 22°)Sep: 20 °C (High 21° / Low 18°)Oct: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Nov: 8 °C (High 9° / Low 6°)Dec: 1 °C (High 3° / Low -1°)23°-1°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12 mm12Feb: 14 mmMar: 20 mmApr: 36 mmMay: 65 mmJun: 62 mmJul: 155 mm155Aug: 140 mmSep: 84 mmOct: 40 mmNov: 34 mmDec: 16 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.1 hFeb: 6.6 hMar: 7.5 h7.5Apr: 7.1 hMay: 5.8 hJun: 4.8 hJul: 4.2 h4.2Aug: 5.7 hSep: 6.9 hOct: 6.6 hNov: 4.7 hDec: 4.5 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Musu-dan: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Musu-dan: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January0-361245.122
February2-241436.621
March5152037.518
April9573657.117
May1410106595.815
June18151562114.813
July222019155144.214
Augustwarmest sea242222140145.715
September2118208476.917
October1613174056.620
November96123454.721
December3-181644.521

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER30 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.130 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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