Best time to visit South Korea
Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of South Korea agrees on Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov.
| Place | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | In words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeoulApril to June, September to November | April to June, September to November | ||||||||||||
| BusanApril to June, and September to November — summer is humid with a typhoon season | April to June, and September to November — summer is humid with a typhoon season | ||||||||||||
| JejuApril to June, and September to October — the summer is hot, wet and the whole country comes here | April to June, and September to October — the summer is hot, wet and the whole country comes here | ||||||||||||
| GyeongjuApril for the blossom, and October to November — the summer is hot and humid and the crowds follow the holidays | April for the blossom, and October to November — the summer is hot and humid and the crowds follow the holidays | ||||||||||||
| Seoraksan & SokchoOctober for the leaves, and May to June — the autumn weekends are the busiest days in any Korean park | October for the leaves, and May to June — the autumn weekends are the busiest days in any Korean park |
best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.
The guides in South Korea
SeoulSouth KoreaPalaces, street food, and relentless energy
BusanSouth KoreaKorea’s port city: beaches in the middle of it, the largest fish market in the country, and a hillside village painted every colour
JejuSouth KoreaA volcanic island of black rock and green tea, with women who have dived for shellfish for centuries
GyeongjuSouth KoreaA thousand years of Silla capital spread through a small city, with royal tombs rising out of the parks
Seoraksan & SokchoSouth KoreaGranite spires and autumn colour two hours from Seoul, with a fishing port and a cable car below them