⭐️ Total score |
2.98/5 (Rank #40)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,612 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 36 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 32°C90°F (feels 41°C106°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 71%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 86%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 25 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 71 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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👩 Safe for women |
Good |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
High:
$2,315 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | South Korea |
🗓️ Average trip length | 40 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 36 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 32°C 90°F + 🥵 Sweaty (71%) = feels 41°C 106°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 71 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10,000 KRW in USD | USD 7.19 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KRW 100,000 = USD 72 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Birlzip |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Bene |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $27,785 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Gmarket |
🏠 Apartment listings | Stayes |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jeju Air |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Korean Air |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,612 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,073 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,849 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $814 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $929 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $929 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $571 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $323,718 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $130 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $25,172 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $29 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | -0°C / 32°F freezing | 7°C / 45°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 29°C / 84°F warm | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 33°C / 91°F hot | 25°C / 77°F warm | 17°C / 63°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 6°C / 43°F cold |
Real (median) |
1°C / 34°F
very cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
25°C / 76°F
warm |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 59% |
nice 58% |
nice 65% |
nice 52% |
nice 70% |
nice 82% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 87% |
nice 82% |
damp 73% |
damp 71% |
nice 66% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 25mm |
dry 17mm |
rainy 54mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 88mm |
rainy 110mm |
rainy 223mm |
rainy 216mm |
rainy 147mm |
dry 33mm |
dry 43mm |
dry 10mm |
Cloud |
pockets 33% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 32% |
Air quality |
okay 97 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 58 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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