Pyongyang
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About
Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of North Korea. According to the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,288. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about 109 kilometers upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. Pyongyang is a directly administered city with a status equal to that of the North Korean provinces.
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The next week in Pyongyang
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
27° / 11°
UV High
Sun
Overcast
26° / 11°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
28° / 10°
UV Moderate
Tue
Overcast
25° / 17°
UV High
Wed
Drizzle
28° / 16°
1.1 mm
UV High
Thu
Drizzle
31° / 16°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
35° / 1°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.3h
05:24 – 19:41local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Pyongyang
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ) at 24 km.
Getting around Pyongyang
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.