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Masan weather

Gwangju · 434,371 inhabitants · Friday, October 30 · updated 02:14

Drizzle
12°
Drizzle
Feels like 12°C
Wind
6 km/h
Gusts
6 km/h
Humidity
83 %
Pressure
1019 hPa
Clouds
100 %
Storm
No
Rise 06:51 Set 17:41 Day 10 h 49 min UV 7 · High

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Night
Drizzle
Drizzle
12°11°
Feels like 12°
Wind ↑ E 5 km/h
Humidity 96 %
💧 0.4 mm
Morning
Overcast
Overcast
13°12°
Feels like 13°
Wind ↑ ESE 1 km/h
Humidity 93 %
Afternoon
Clear sky
Clear sky
19°
Feels like 19°
Wind ↑ WNW 13 km/h
Gusts 26 km/h
Humidity 57 %
Evening
Clear sky
Clear sky
14°12°
Feels like 14°
Wind ↑ SSW 6 km/h
Humidity 76 %
09:00
Clear sky
13°
ESE 1
12:00
Clear sky
19°
WNW 13
15:00
Clear sky
19°
WNW 13
18:00
Clear sky
14°
SW 6
21:00
Clear sky
12°
SSW 5
00:00
Clear sky
13°
SW 3
03:00
Clear sky
11°
0.1mm
SW 6
06:00
Clear sky
11°
NW 4

Masan forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

▲ This week runs +1.5° warmer than usual
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
3°8°12°17°21°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed17°10°Thu 29 Oct: max 13° · min 11° · normal 11.4°Fri 30 Oct: max 19° · min 11° · normal 11.2°Sat 31 Oct: max 18° · min 8° · normal 11.0°Sun 1 Nov: max 12° · min 8° · normal 11.0°Mon 2 Nov: max 16° · min 5° · normal 10.7°Tue 3 Nov: max 18° · min 9° · normal 10.5°Wed 4 Nov: max 17° · min 10° · normal 10.3°

Hourly detail

FriSatSunMonTueWedThuFri4°13°21°19°5°027
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Masan climate: what a normal year looks like

The hottest stretch is August, when afternoons average 30 °C; the coldest is January, when nights average −3 °C. Between those two months the average temperature changes by 26 °C.

Nights typically freeze from December to February, the coldest averaging −3 °C in January.

The wet season is concentrated from June to August, which brings 52% of the annual total; July by itself averages 251 mm.

From 14 h 31 min of daylight in late June to 9 h 47 min in late December.

Forecast highs for the coming week average 17 °C, 4 °C cooler than a normal October (21 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfall
Jan5 °C−3 °C33 mm
Feb8 °C−1 °C39 mm
Mar12 °C2 °C65 mm
Apr19 °C7 °C89 mm
May24 °C13 °C101 mm
Jun27 °C18 °C173 mm
Jul29 °C22 °C251 mm
Aug30 °C23 °C233 mm
Sep26 °C17 °C145 mm
Oct21 °C10 °C56 mm
Nov15 °C5 °C48 mm
Dec7 °C−1 °C34 mm
Whole year19 °C9 °C1,270 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 35.13° N, 126.83° E, 1991–2020. ERA5 averages over a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): hills, a coastline or the heat of the city itself can shift local values by a degree or two.

Air you breathe in Masan: pollution and pollen

2/6
Fair
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.511µg/m³
PM1012µg/m³

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Masan

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Masan, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

No open weather radar covers Masan yet: the map shows our hour-by-hour rain forecast (ICON, GFS).

Moon over Masan

Waning gibbous
79 % illuminated · 19.3 days
Rise 15:54 Set 06:20
Sat 31/10 69%
Sun 1/11 59%
Mon 2/11 49% Last quarter
Tue 3/11 38%
Wed 4/11 28%
Thu 5/11 19%
Fri 6/11 12%
Sat 7/11 6%
Sun 8/11 2%
Mon 9/11 0%
Tue 10/11 1% New moon
Wed 11/11 3%

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Asia/Seoul); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Look up a past day in Masan

Curious about the weather in Masan on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Masan weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Masan, Gwangju: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “drizzle”, it is 12 °C (feels like 12 °C) and the wind blows at 6 km/h.

Expected range today: 11 °C to 19 °C and a dry sky. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms.

Masan weather data for developers

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Where does this forecast come from? Our engine, checked every day against 1125 weather stations