Region · North Korea
Best time to visit Chagang Province
This guide covers 3 destinations in Chagang Province, a first-level administrative division of North Korea. The largest by population are Kanggye, Huichon and Manpo. Across its destinations, September is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport (TNH).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Comfortable in the most places
- September
- Main airport
- TNHTonghua Sanyuanpu Airport
- Currency
- KPWNorth Korean won
- Time zone
- Asia/Pyongyang
Destinations
Destinations in Chagang Province
Every destination in this guide in Chagang Province, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
When to go
Best time to visit Chagang Province
From the climate of 3 destinations in Chagang Province with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 3 | -9 °C | 11 mm |
| February | 0 of 3 | -3 °C | 15 mm |
| March | 0 of 3 | 5 °C | 29 mm |
| April | 0 of 3 | 14 °C | 49 mm |
| May | 0 of 3 | 21 °C | 93 mm |
| June | 0 of 3 | 24 °C | 127 mm |
| July | 0 of 3 | 26 °C | 243 mm |
| August | 0 of 3 | 26 °C | 222 mm |
| September | 1 of 3 | 21 °C | 94 mm |
| October | 0 of 3 | 14 °C | 53 mm |
| November | 0 of 3 | 3 °C | 42 mm |
| December | 0 of 3 | -6 °C | 17 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Chagang Province
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Chagang Province name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
TNH · Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport
DSO · Sondok Airport
NBS · Changbaishan Airport
FNJ · Pyongyang Sunan International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Chagang Province, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in North Korea
Nearby
Regions near Chagang Province
Other regions of North Korea with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.