Climate · Busan

Busan in August

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Busan is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 56 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Busan is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 56 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
13h 25mon average

Is August a good time to visit Busan?


August sits outside Busan's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or October. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in August, against 47°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in August, against 8°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in August, against 11% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in August, against 31% to 62% through the year.

Daylight

13h 25m in August, against 9h 49m to 14h 29m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. July82°28°low 72°low 22°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August86°30°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September80°27°low 69°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Busan sits, in August

Asia/Seoul

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:43 AMsets 7:14 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Jeju299 km south-west

The land around Busan, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in South Korea in August

high · low · wet days

  • Jeju87°31° · 77°25° 3
  • Seoul87°31° · 72°22° 4

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Busan. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (20 m) against the climate model's (97 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (20 m) against the climate model's (97 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.