⭐️ Total score |
2.93/5 (Rank #923)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,814 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 28Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 23°C74°F (feels 23°C73°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 58%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 107 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 78 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
💰 Income level* |
Mediocre:
$2,315 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🏥 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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | South Korea |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 107 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 78.5 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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📱 Best wireless carrier | SK Telecom |
💸 10,000 KRW in USD | USD 7.88 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KRW 100,000 = USD 79 |
💸 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 |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ 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 | $1,814 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,143 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,586 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $739 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $495 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $192 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,099 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $51 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 86 listings) | $1,542 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $51 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
❌ 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
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
37
3° cold |
46
8° cold |
57
14° cool |
64
18° cool |
70
21° mild |
88
31° hot |
102
39° hot |
99
37° hot |
84
29° warm |
66
19° mild |
59
15° cool |
45
7° cold |
Real |
39
4°
very cold |
48
9°
cold |
57
14°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
70
21°
mild |
81
27°
warm |
86
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
79
26°
warm |
66
19°
mild |
58
15°
cool |
46
8°
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% |
Rain |
dry 39mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 295mm |
rainy 275mm |
rainy 114mm |
dry 25mm |
rainy 71mm |
dry 15mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 66% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 84% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 60% |
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 |
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avoid sun 6 UVI |
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seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
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