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B-, not bad for a continental climate.
Rainfall is extraordinarily high in July and August, especially considering the high temps. Leads me to believe there is also a high variation in temps.
Some very refreshing shoulder season weather, but winters too cold.
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C-/D+ for me. Big temperature swing from a cold, modestly snowy winter to a hot, humid summer. Pretty cloudy overall. Also prone to typhoons for a place of such high-latitude.
C- ... I really like the rainfall and sunshine distribution, but hate the borderline continental winters. Just barely lifted out of a D position due to the April to October period.
A-. Winters are just a bit too warm for me but other than that this climate looks pretty amazing...which isn't surprising to me since I'm a big fan of the climates of asian east coast north of 25N or so.
The monsoon season doesn't last forever so you still get some warm months that aren't completely drenched.
Sunshine hours are decent too for all months.
The winters are too warm for you?
This climate is a lot like the place I live in currently, the difference is this place gets even more rain and not as much sun. I like that it gets cold in the winter and hot in the summer, but again the sunshine is not enough for me and I prefer hot but arid summers anyway. I'd give it a C+ to B-.
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One interesting thing I noticed is summers in Seoul are cooler than Tokyo. Although Tokyo is a bit further south, I would think continental Seoul would have the hotter summers. Winters are a bit warmer and snowier than Beijing's, which is a big bonus. If one likes snow a good place to be is the west coast of Japan (e.g. Kanazawa) which is often blanketed in white (the Sea of Japan creates something like lake effect snowfall) while the east coast remains dry.
One interesting thing I noticed is summers in Seoul are cooler than Tokyo. Although Tokyo is a bit further south, I would think continental Seoul would have the hotter summers.
Maybe the monsoon is so strong that summers can't get as hot as they could in a drier climate. It looks like Seoul gets 300-400 mm in the monsoon and less than 50 mm in the dry season. That's almost more like wet-dry contrast that takes place in the tropics (for example in Darwin or Bangkok) than Tokyo's is, so it must have an effect on temperature too.
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