According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit South Korea is March to May and September to November. Plan 7–10 days.
Best months for South Korea
- Best months
- March to May and September to November
- How long to stay
- 7–10 days
- Continent
- Asia
What South Korea is best for
Explore historic royal palaces, vibrant street food markets, and bustling coastal neighborhoods between Seoul and Busan.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in South Korea by month
Monthly averages around Seoul; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about −3 °C | little rain (18 mm) |
| February | about −1 °C | some rain (33 mm) |
| March best | about 4 °C | some rain (36 mm) |
| April best | about 10 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| May best | about 16 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| June | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (117 mm) |
| July | about 24 °C | a lot of rain (348 mm) |
| August | about 25 °C | a lot of rain (252 mm) |
| September best | about 20 °C | a lot of rain (138 mm) |
| October best | about 14 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| November best | about 6 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| December | about −1 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about South Korea
- Capital
- Seoul
- Language
- Korean
- Currency
- South Korean Won (KRW)
- Time
- UTC+9
- Plugs
- Type C, F · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +82
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
Our posts about South Korea
Miško’s huddle has hidden 55 painted penguin stones in South Korea so far. See them on Penguinstones →