| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.49/5 (Rank #181)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,630 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 95 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 17°C62°F (feels 16°C61°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 96%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 86%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 39 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 78 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$3,019 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 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) | 95 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 17°C 62°F + 💦 Damp (96%) = feels 16°C 61°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 39 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 78 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10,000 KRW in USD | USD 7.56 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KRW 100,000 = USD 76 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Soft · 56 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $36,227 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 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 | $2,630 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,622 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,852 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $815 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,070 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,614 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $418 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $302,223 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $50 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $86 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $260 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $9 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $28,364 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
❌ Expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
134° cold |
846° cold |
1457° cool |
1966° mild |
2170° mild |
2984° warm |
40104° hot |
3391° hot |
2475° warm |
1864° cool |
1457° cool |
745° cold |
| Real (median) |
236°
very cold |
947°
cold |
1457°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2780°
warm |
3187°
hot |
2882°
very warm |
2475°
warm |
1864°
cool |
1456°
cool |
846°
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 68% |
nice 66% |
damp 72% |
nice 63% |
nice 69% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 83% |
nice 77% |
damp 75% |
damp 72% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 16mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 242mm |
rainy 220mm |
rainy 138mm |
rainy 60mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 1mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 47% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 66% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 28% |
| Air quality |
bad 107 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 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 | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 800 people | 600 people | 943 people | 600 people | 900 people | 900 people | 1,000 people | 900 people | 600 people |
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