Climate · Busan

Busan in January

Chilly and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Busan is chilly: highs near 47°F, lows near 32°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 23 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Busan is chilly: highs near 8°C, lows near 0°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 23 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
47°F8°Caverage
Low
32°F0°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 15% of days
Daylight
10h 04mon average

Is January a good time to visit Busan?


January sits outside Busan's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or October. Expect chilly days and rain on about one day 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

15% of days in January, against 11% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

33% cover in January, against 31% to 62% through the year.

Daylight

10h 04m in January, against 9h 49m to 14h 29m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. December51°11°low 36°low 2°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January47°8°low 32°low 0°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February49°9°low 34°low 1°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Busan sits, in January

Asia/Seoul

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:32 AMsets 5:33 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days

  • Jeju49°9° · 39°4° 3
  • Seoul38°3° · 19°-7° 1

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.