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Why is it colder in North Korea in winter than in Northeast China?

The latitude of North Korea is relatively higher than that of northeast China and south. Influenced by the warm current of East Korea, the climate is maritime, so it is colder in winter than in the northeast. The reason why North Korea is colder than Northeast China in winter is that its latitude is relatively higher than Northeast China, and it is located in a peninsula country, with a temperate subtropical monsoon climate in the east, which has the nature of transition from maritime to continental.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is a socialist country located in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. The ruling party is the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the capital of Pyongyang, which is separated from South Korea by the demilitarized zone of the 38th parallel. It borders People's Republic of China (PRC) and Russia in the north, the Yellow Sea in the west, the Shandong Peninsula across the sea and the Sea of Japan in the east.

Characteristics of North Korea

It is characterized by obvious monsoon, dry and windy spring, warm and rainy summer, cool and little rain in autumn and long cold period in winter. At the same time, because it is adjacent to the Sea of Japan in the east and there are mountains in the west and north as natural barriers, it is warmer in winter and cooler in summer compared with the same latitude and altitude in the province. The annual sunshine hours are 2150-2,480 hours, and the annual average temperature is 2-6 degrees Celsius.

Extreme minimum temperature -23-34 degrees Celsius, maximum temperature 34-38 degrees Celsius, frost-free period 100. As for 50 days, autumn frost mostly appears in late September. The spring freeze ends in early May. The freezing period is 1 1 to March of the following year.

The average precipitation is generally 400-650 mm, and Changbai Mountain is 1000 to 500 mm, ranking first in the province. There is less rainfall in the central basin and northeast valley, and more rainfall in the western mountainous areas and southeast coastal areas. In a year, rainfall is mostly concentrated in June, July and August, accounting for 60% of the annual precipitation.