North Korea vs South Korea

North Korea vs South Korea: Temperature

Temperature in 2025: 8.5 °C in North Korea and 13.5 °C in South Korea, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 5 °C, or 1.59 times that in North Korea.

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°C · ERA5

North Korea vs South Korea: TemperatureTemperature in 2025: 8.5 °C in North Korea and 13.5 °C in South Korea, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 5 °C, or 1.59 times that in North Korea.
North KoreaSouth KoreaCMIP6 historical run, model medianCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

  • South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, North Korea ranked 209 and South Korea ranked 171 of 233 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts North Korea at 10.3 °C and South Korea at 15.3 °C in 2100.

Every year

°C · ERA5

YearNorth KoreaNorth Korea: CMIP6 historical run, model medianSouth KoreaSouth Korea: CMIP6 historical run, model median
20258.58.113.513.4
20249.18.114.213.5
20238.68.413.613.6
20227.58.212.913.4
20218.28.113.313.1
20208.17.812.913.1
20198.48.113.213.2
20187.58.112.713.2
20177.68.112.813.2
20167.87.813.312.9
201587.913.213
20147.97.512.812.7
20137.17.912.613.1
20126.67.71213.1
201177.71212.9
20106.97.612.312.9
20097.37.512.712.8
20087.87.512.712.8
20077.97.41312.6
20067.67.812.712.9
20056.77.61212.8
20047.77.21312.6
20037.47.412.212.7
20027.27.412.412.7
200177.412.512.7
20006.87.412.212.6
19997.57.112.612.5
199887.213.212.5
19977.1712.412.4
19966.57.111.712.4
19956.86.911.912.2
19947.66.813.112.2
19936.76.611.611.9
199276.712.211.9
199176.911.912.2
19907.77.112.812.4
19897.7712.612.3
19886.7711.812.2
19876.66.811.912
198666.811.112.1
19856.16.711.612
198466.311.311.7
198376.211.911.5
198276.612.111.9
19816.16.711.112
19805.86.710.812
19796.86.512.211.9
19786.86.712.512
19776.86.612.111.9
19765.96.411.311.7
19757.16.612.212
19745.86.71112
19736.66.41211.8
19726.56.511.811.8
19716.16.311.511.7
197066.511.311.8
19695.66.61111.9
19686.46.511.611.8
19676.26.711.612
196666.611.612
19655.96.411.411.9
19646.66.712.312
19636.26.911.112.2
19626.36.711.712
19617.36.912.512.1
19606.76.712.212.1
19597.26.712.412
19586.96.811.912
19575.86.810.912.2
19564.5710.512.3
19556.26.811.812.1
19545.96.811.912.2
19535.66.811.612.1
19525.76.711.612.1
195166.711.712.1
19506.1711.412.3
  • 12.3Projected
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2026–2100
YearNorth KoreaNorth Korea: CMIP6 historical run, model medianSouth KoreaSouth Korea: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2026–8.27.6–9.4–13.512.7–14.2
2027–8.57.9–9.4–13.612.9–14.5
2028–8.57.4–9.4–13.712.9–14.4
2029–8.67.9–9.4–13.713.1–14.6
2030–8.57.7–9.3–13.512.9–14.3
2031–8.67.8–9.5–13.712.9–14.6
2032–8.67.8–9.4–13.813.1–14.4
2033–8.98–9.6–1413.1–14.6
2034–8.77.9–9.4–13.913–14.6
2035–8.67.7–9.8–13.913–14.7
2036–8.67.8–9.8–13.712.8–14.7
2037–8.97.9–9.7–1413.1–14.6
2038–8.97.7–9.6–14.113.2–14.6
2039–8.97.9–9.9–1413–14.8
2040–8.97.8–10–1413.1–14.8
2041–8.97.7–10.2–1413–15.2
2042–8.87.3–10–13.912.6–15
2043–9.17.8–10.2–14.213–15.2
2044–98.1–9.9–14.113.4–15
2045–8.98–10.1–1413.2–15.2
2046–8.97.9–10.2–14.113–15.1
2047–9.28.3–10.2–14.213.5–15.1
2048–9.28–10.3–14.513.4–15.2
2049–9.27.9–10.5–14.413.2–15.4
2050–9.38.3–10.5–14.413.4–15.3
2051–9.48.3–10.3–14.613.2–15.3
2052–9.28.2–10–14.213.3–14.9
2053–9.68.5–10.3–14.513.8–15.2
2054–9.28.5–10.5–14.413.9–15.3
2055–9.58.2–10.6–14.613.5–15.5
2056–9.68.5–10.8–14.813.7–15.6
2057–9.67.9–10.8–14.613.1–15.6
2058–9.48.5–10.7–14.513.7–15.5
2059–9.78.3–10.6–14.713.3–15.4
2060–9.78.5–10.6–14.813.8–15.6
2061–9.48.6–11.1–14.613.8–15.7
2062–9.68.6–10.8–14.613.7–16
2063–9.78.5–10.9–14.813.7–15.7
2064–9.58.3–10.3–14.613.5–15.3
2065–9.68.3–10.9–14.813.6–15.7
2066–9.78.5–10.5–14.613.5–15.4
2067–9.88.4–10.9–14.713.7–15.7
2068–9.58.3–11.4–14.713.6–16.1
2069–9.98.4–11.1–1513.8–16
2070–9.78.5–11.4–14.813.8–16.1
2071–9.78.7–11.8–14.813.6–16.2
2072–9.78.5–11.4–14.813.6–16
2073–9.99–11–15.113.9–15.9
2074–108.5–11.3–14.913.7–16.1
2075–9.98.6–11.2–14.913.8–15.9
2076–9.98.8–11–15.114.1–15.8
2077–10.18.7–11.4–15.114.1–16.2
2078–108.6–11.7–15.113.9–16.3
2079–9.88.7–11.9–1513.9–16.3
2080–10.18.8–11.7–1514–16.3
2081–9.98.8–11.1–1514.2–16.2
2082–108.9–11.6–15.114–16.2
2083–10.29–11.4–15.214.3–16.3
2084–10.28.8–11.6–15.213.6–16.5
2085–10.38.8–11.5–15.314.2–16.4
2086–109.2–11.4–15.114.1–16.4
2087–10.28.9–11.9–15.113.8–16.7
2088–10.19–11.7–15.114.2–16.7
2089–10.29–11.9–15.214.2–16.3
2090–10.58.8–11.6–15.614.1–16.3
2091–10.69.2–11.4–15.414.4–16.4
2092–10.38.9–11.4–15.114.2–16.1
2093–10.39.4–11.5–15.414.4–16.2
2094–10.38.6–11.5–15.313.9–16.3
2095–10.39.2–11.4–15.314.3–16.2
2096–10.48.7–11.6–15.413.8–16.5
2097–10.69.1–11.3–15.414.3–16.2
2098–10.29.5–11.7–15.214.6–16.5
2099–10.39.1–11.8–15.414.2–16.5
2100–10.39.2–11.6–15.314.3–16.7

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Good to know

  • The average air temperature near the ground, over the whole country and the whole year.
  • Source: ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus, ECMWF) and CMIP6, via the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal.
  • The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
  • Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
  • Ranks count the 233 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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