Climate · Seoul

Seoul in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Seoul is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.August in Seoul is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 56% of days
Daylight
13h 33mon average

Is August a good time to visit Seoul?


August sits outside Seoul's best months, which run in two parts: May, or September to October. Expect hot days and rain on about four 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 87°F in August, against 38°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in August, against 3°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

56% of days in August, against 14% to 58% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in August, against 36% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

13h 33m in August, against 9h 37m to 14h 43m 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. July85°29°low 70°low 21°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August87°31°low 72°low 22°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September81°27°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Seoul sits, in August

Asia/Seoul

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:47 AMsets 7:27 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
37.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Busan325 km south-east

The land around Seoul, 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
  • Busan86°30° · 75°24° 3

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Seoul. 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 (30 m) against the climate model's (83 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 (30 m) against the climate model's (83 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.