 
							
											
					| ⭐️ Total score | 2.24/5 (Rank #619) | 
| 👍 Quality of life score | Good | 
| 👶 Family score | Okay | 
| 🎒 Community score | Okay | 
| 💵 Cost | 
																						😙 Affordable: $2,178 / mo
									 | 
| 📡 Internet | 
																						🙂 Good: 36 Mbps (avg) | 
| 😝 Fun | Okay | 
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | 
																						🥶 A bit cold: 16°C60°F (feels 16°C61°F)
									 | 
| 💦 Humidity (now) | 
										😊 Comfy: 57%
									 | 
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | 
																								😍 Very high: 86%
										 | 
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 
																								😐 Moderate: 55 US AQI
										 | 
| 💨 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 | 
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good | 
| 💰 Income level* | 
											High: 
											$2,315 / mo
										 | 
| 🙊 English speaking* | Bad | 
| 🚶 Walkability | Okay | 
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay | 
| ✈️ Airline scores* | Good | 
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | Great | 
| 🏥 Hospitals | Good | 
| 😄 Happiness* | Okay | 
| 🍸 Nightlife | Okay | 
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | Great | 
| 🖥 Places to work from | Great | 
| ❄️ A/C or heating | Good | 
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good | 
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good | 
| 🎅 Startup Score | Bad | 
| 🌍 Continent | Asia | 
| 🚩 Country | South Korea | 
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 2 days | 
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 36 Mbps | 
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 16°C 60°F + 😊 Comfy (57%) = feels 16°C 61°F | 
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 55 US AQI 🍃 OK | 
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 79 US AQI = 🚬 / day | 
| 🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz | 
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |  | 
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing | 
| 💸 10,000 KRW in USD | USD 7.01 | 
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KRW 100,000 = USD 70 | 
| 💸 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 | $2,178 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,246 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,656 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $759 / month | 
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,651 / month | 
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,894 / month | 
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $413 / month | 
| 🏠 Median home price | $245,611 | 
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $77 / night | 
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $62 / night | 
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $126 / 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 in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
❌ 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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