DEC · CHEONAN-SI
36.81° N · 127.14° E
Destination brief
Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Travel Score
79
out of 100
In short
A good time to go.
Explore
A balanced mix of sights, food and day trips.
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Weather forecast
Great weather and steady: Mon Nov 2 and Tue Nov 3
Average weather score 78 out of 100, the best of 3 two- and three-day runs in the forecast.
Weather forecast only: air quality, events and safety are shown separately.
Every component and the reason behind it. The full formula is on the Method page.
Average daily weather score 63/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 89% chance of rain on Nov 1.
US EPA index 1: Good.
WeatherAPI
Cheonan-siUpdated 11:15 PM local time
9°C
Fog
Feels like 8°High 9° · Low 6°
Rain now
43%
Rain today
89% chance
Humidity
97%
Wind
4 km/h SSW
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 54 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 61 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year)
CulturalSouth Korea · Nationwide
Feb 6–8, 2027In 97 days
South Korea's lunar new year: family gatherings, ancestral rites, hanbok and tteokguk rice-cake soup. The main day is 7 February in 2027, with a day either side off work.
US EPA index
1 / 6
GoodAir quality is good. Enjoy time outdoors.
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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No Level 3 or 4 advisory in our data (not a guarantee of safety).
No storms or heavy rain in the next 3 days.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
11:35 PM
Sunday, November 1
Visibility
0.0 km
UV index
Low (0)
Local time at destination
Today
Nov 1
9° 6°
Light drizzle · 89% rain
Mon
Nov 2
15° 6°
Sunny · 24% rain
Tue
Nov 3
16° 4°
Overcast · 10% rain
Cold: averaging 9.1°C
No known advisory
No Level 3 or 4 advisory found for this destination in our data. This is not a guarantee of safety. Check your government's official travel advice before you go.
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisories (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-22 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 22, 2026.
Emergency numbers for this country aren't in our data yet. Look them up before you travel.
Korean is one of this country’s main languages; local languages can differ by region. Only words that Wiktionary and Wikivoyage phrasebooks both give are shown (CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-11). Some languages change a word with who is speaking or how formal you are: these are the common forms.
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Cheonan is the largest and most densely populated city of South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, and the third largest city in the Hoseo region after Daejeon and Cheongju.
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NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: May, June and October. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.
Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.
Typical weather
2° -7°
Cold
About 23 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
What to pack
Worked out from the typical weather of this month, not from a forecast: check the forecast in the days before you go. From our festival calendar. Dates marked approximate are only known by month and can move; an empty list means none is recorded, not that nothing is on.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Cold | 1° / -9° | 21 mm | 42 |
| February | Cold | 4° / -7° | 32 mm | 51 |
| March | Cold | 10° / -3° | 42 mm | 68 |
| April | Cool | 17° / 3° | 78 mm | 84 |
| May | Pleasant | 23° / 10° | 79 mm | 93 |
| June | Wet | 28° / 16° | 129 mm | 85 |
| July | Very wet | 29° / 20° |
Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.
| 341 mm |
| 58 |
| August | Very wet | 29° / 21° | 254 mm | 65 |
|---|
| September | Wet | 25° / 15° | 135 mm | 84 |
|---|
| October | Pleasant | 18° / 7° | 52 mm | 92 |
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| November | Cool | 10° / 0° | 42 mm | 69 |
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| December | Cold | 2° / -7° | 23 mm | 47 |
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Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 1,335 KRW, as of 1 Nov 2026
A mid-market rate, not what a bank, card or exchange desk will give you. Rates By Exchange Rate API (opens in a new tab)
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Towns within a day trip, best conditions first. Pick one for its full brief.
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11°Overcast
Open briefTowns 25 to 150 km away, the larger ones first, each with its own live conditions. Ranked by conditions, nearness and size. Distances are straight-line, so check the travel time. Places under a travel advisory are left out.