| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.79/5 (Rank #73)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍6 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,206 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 75 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 24°C76°F (feels 24°C75°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 56%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 86%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 37 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 59 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
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| 💰 Income level* |
Rich:
$2,315 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 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 |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | South Korea |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 75 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 24°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (56%) = feels 24°C 75°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 37 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 59 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Dong-gu |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Suyeong-gu |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10,000 KRW in USD | USD 7.41 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KRW 100,000 = USD 74 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Tom N Toms |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $27,785 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| 🏞 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 | $3,206 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,314 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,649 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,043 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,362 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,755 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $716 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $298,468 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $64 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $156 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $243 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $21,629 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $9 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Very walkable
✅ Advanced public transportation
✅ Many cafes
✅ Access to nature and beaches
✅ Plenty of gyms
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ 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
❌ Few coworking spaces for digital nomads
❌ Higher cost of living
❌ Very expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right 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) |
439° cold |
948° cold |
1254° cool |
1457° cool |
1864° cool |
2170° mild |
3086° warm |
3188° hot |
2475° warm |
2170° mild |
1559° cool |
745° cold |
| Real (median) |
643°
very cold |
1151°
cool |
1456°
cool |
1559°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2679°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2475°
warm |
2068°
mild |
1559°
cool |
948°
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 62% |
nice 61% |
nice 68% |
nice 68% |
nice 75% |
nice 81% |
nice 89% |
sweaty 86% |
nice 81% |
nice 75% |
nice 65% |
nice 64% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 34mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 88mm |
rainy 138mm |
rainy 150mm |
rainy 212mm |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 161mm |
dry 48mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 3mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 35% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 67% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 22% |
| Air quality |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,333 people | 1,067 people | 2,100 people | 2,031 people | 3,273 people | 2,073 people | 1,246 people | 2,400 people | 3,467 people | 1,929 people | 1,800 people | 1,300 people |
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