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| ⭐️ Total score | 13 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community 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) | 37 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 9°C 47°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 8°C 46°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 87 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 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 6.77 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KRW 100,000 = USD 68 |
| 💸 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) |
👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
| 🏞 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 | $2,050 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,149 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,568 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $734 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,596 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,609 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $399 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $237,887 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $75 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $53 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $122 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 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 in the spring
✅ 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ 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) | 2°C / 36°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 14°C / 57°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 31°C / 88°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 28°C / 82°F warm | 18°C / 64°F cool | 14°C / 57°F cool | 7°C / 45°F cold |
| Real (median) |
3°C / 37°F
very cold |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
14°C / 56°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
14°C / 56°F
cool |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 71% |
nice 62% |
nice 68% |
nice 51% |
nice 66% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 90% |
nice 84% |
nice 73% |
nice 69% |
nice 68% |
| 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 |
pockets 39% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 38% |
| 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 |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 0 people |
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