North Korea
Temperature in North Korea
Temperature in North Korea: 6.1 °C in 1950 and 8.5 °C in 2025, by ERA5 observations.
- Latest, 2025
- 8.5 °C
- Since 1950
- +2.4 °C
- Rank, 2025
- 209 of 233
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- 10.3 °C
- CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)
°C · ERA5
What the numbers say
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts it at 10.3 °C in 2100, between 9.2 °C and 11.6 °C (models’ 10th–90th percentile).
- The highest was 9.1 °C in 2024, the lowest 4.5 °C in 1956.
Every year
°C · ERA5
| Year | Observed, ERA5 | CMIP6 historical run, model median |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.5 | 8.1 |
| 2024 | 9.1 | 8.1 |
| 2023 | 8.6 | 8.4 |
| 2022 | 7.5 | 8.2 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
| 2020 | 8.1 | 7.8 |
| 2019 | 8.4 | 8.1 |
| 2018 | 7.5 | 8.1 |
| 2017 | 7.6 | 8.1 |
| 2016 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| 2015 | 8 | 7.9 |
| 2014 | 7.9 | 7.5 |
| 2013 | 7.1 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 6.6 | 7.7 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7.7 |
| 2010 | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| 2009 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
| 2008 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
| 2007 | 7.9 | 7.4 |
| 2006 | 7.6 | 7.8 |
| 2005 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| 2004 | 7.7 | 7.2 |
| 2003 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| 2002 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 6.8 | 7.4 |
| 1999 | 7.5 | 7.1 |
| 1998 | 8 | 7.2 |
| 1997 | 7.1 | 7 |
| 1996 | 6.5 | 7.1 |
| 1995 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| 1994 | 7.6 | 6.8 |
| 1993 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| 1992 | 7 | 6.7 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6.9 |
| 1990 | 7.7 | 7.1 |
| 1989 | 7.7 | 7 |
| 1988 | 6.7 | 7 |
| 1987 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6.8 |
| 1985 | 6.1 | 6.7 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 1983 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 1982 | 7 | 6.6 |
| 1981 | 6.1 | 6.7 |
| 1980 | 5.8 | 6.7 |
| 1979 | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| 1978 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| 1977 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 1976 | 5.9 | 6.4 |
| 1975 | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| 1974 | 5.8 | 6.7 |
| 1973 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| 1972 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 1971 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| 1970 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 1969 | 5.6 | 6.6 |
| 1968 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| 1967 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| 1966 | 6 | 6.6 |
| 1965 | 5.9 | 6.4 |
| 1964 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| 1963 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
| 1962 | 6.3 | 6.7 |
| 1961 | 7.3 | 6.9 |
| 1960 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| 1959 | 7.2 | 6.7 |
| 1958 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| 1957 | 5.8 | 6.8 |
| 1956 | 4.5 | 7 |
| 1955 | 6.2 | 6.8 |
| 1954 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| 1953 | 5.6 | 6.8 |
| 1952 | 5.7 | 6.7 |
| 1951 | 6 | 6.7 |
| 1950 | 6.1 | 7 |
- 12.3Projected
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2026–2100
| Year | Observed, ERA5 | CMIP6 historical run, model median |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | 8.27.6–9.4 |
| 2027 | – | 8.57.9–9.4 |
| 2028 | – | 8.57.4–9.4 |
| 2029 | – | 8.67.9–9.4 |
| 2030 | – | 8.57.7–9.3 |
| 2031 | – | 8.67.8–9.5 |
| 2032 | – | 8.67.8–9.4 |
| 2033 | – | 8.98–9.6 |
| 2034 | – | 8.77.9–9.4 |
| 2035 | – | 8.67.7–9.8 |
| 2036 | – | 8.67.8–9.8 |
| 2037 | – | 8.97.9–9.7 |
| 2038 | – | 8.97.7–9.6 |
| 2039 | – | 8.97.9–9.9 |
| 2040 | – | 8.97.8–10 |
| 2041 | – | 8.97.7–10.2 |
| 2042 | – | 8.87.3–10 |
| 2043 | – | 9.17.8–10.2 |
| 2044 | – | 98.1–9.9 |
| 2045 | – | 8.98–10.1 |
| 2046 | – | 8.97.9–10.2 |
| 2047 | – | 9.28.3–10.2 |
| 2048 | – | 9.28–10.3 |
| 2049 | – | 9.27.9–10.5 |
| 2050 | – | 9.38.3–10.5 |
| 2051 | – | 9.48.3–10.3 |
| 2052 | – | 9.28.2–10 |
| 2053 | – | 9.68.5–10.3 |
| 2054 | – | 9.28.5–10.5 |
| 2055 | – | 9.58.2–10.6 |
| 2056 | – | 9.68.5–10.8 |
| 2057 | – | 9.67.9–10.8 |
| 2058 | – | 9.48.5–10.7 |
| 2059 | – | 9.78.3–10.6 |
| 2060 | – | 9.78.5–10.6 |
| 2061 | – | 9.48.6–11.1 |
| 2062 | – | 9.68.6–10.8 |
| 2063 | – | 9.78.5–10.9 |
| 2064 | – | 9.58.3–10.3 |
| 2065 | – | 9.68.3–10.9 |
| 2066 | – | 9.78.5–10.5 |
| 2067 | – | 9.88.4–10.9 |
| 2068 | – | 9.58.3–11.4 |
| 2069 | – | 9.98.4–11.1 |
| 2070 | – | 9.78.5–11.4 |
| 2071 | – | 9.78.7–11.8 |
| 2072 | – | 9.78.5–11.4 |
| 2073 | – | 9.99–11 |
| 2074 | – | 108.5–11.3 |
| 2075 | – | 9.98.6–11.2 |
| 2076 | – | 9.98.8–11 |
| 2077 | – | 10.18.7–11.4 |
| 2078 | – | 108.6–11.7 |
| 2079 | – | 9.88.7–11.9 |
| 2080 | – | 10.18.8–11.7 |
| 2081 | – | 9.98.8–11.1 |
| 2082 | – | 108.9–11.6 |
| 2083 | – | 10.29–11.4 |
| 2084 | – | 10.28.8–11.6 |
| 2085 | – | 10.38.8–11.5 |
| 2086 | – | 109.2–11.4 |
| 2087 | – | 10.28.9–11.9 |
| 2088 | – | 10.19–11.7 |
| 2089 | – | 10.29–11.9 |
| 2090 | – | 10.58.8–11.6 |
| 2091 | – | 10.69.2–11.4 |
| 2092 | – | 10.38.9–11.4 |
| 2093 | – | 10.39.4–11.5 |
| 2094 | – | 10.38.6–11.5 |
| 2095 | – | 10.39.2–11.4 |
| 2096 | – | 10.48.7–11.6 |
| 2097 | – | 10.69.1–11.3 |
| 2098 | – | 10.29.5–11.7 |
| 2099 | – | 10.39.1–11.8 |
| 2100 | – | 10.39.2–11.6 |
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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