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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 14 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | South Korea |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 2 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 34 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 27°C 80°F + 🥵 Sweaty (95%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 79 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10,000 KRW in USD | USD 7.06 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KRW 100,000 = USD 71 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ 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) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 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 | $2,471 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,348 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,596 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $742 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,664 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,337 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $388 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $247,093 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $78 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $77 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $295 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ 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
❌ 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) |
236° cold |
643° cold |
1457° cool |
1864° cool |
2170° mild |
3188° hot |
39102° hot |
3391° hot |
2882° warm |
1864° cool |
1457° cool |
745° cold |
| Real (median) |
337°
very cold |
745°
cold |
1456°
cool |
1763°
cool |
2068°
mild |
2781°
warm |
3086°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2678°
warm |
1864°
cool |
1456°
cool |
846°
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 75% |
nice 69% |
damp 72% |
nice 63% |
nice 72% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 88% |
nice 84% |
nice 77% |
damp 75% |
damp 74% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 36mm |
dry 35mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 120mm |
rainy 271mm |
rainy 252mm |
rainy 131mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 48mm |
dry 15mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 70% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 66% |
| Air quality |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 1,200 people | 600 people | 1,200 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 800 people | 0 people |
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