MAR · JINJU-SI
35.18° N · 128.12° E
Destination brief
Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Travel Score
80
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: Tue Nov 3 and Wed Nov 4
Average weather score 84 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 66/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 87% chance of rain on Nov 5.
US EPA index 1: Good.
WeatherAPI
Jinju-siStation: SangpyongdongdongUpdated 6:45 AM local time
4°C
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 3°High 17° · Low 4°
Rain now
11%
Rain today
9% chance
Humidity
72%
Wind
7 km/h N
Visibility
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 52 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 59 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year)
CulturalSouth Korea · Nationwide
Feb 6–8, 2027In 95 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.
6:49 AM
Tuesday, November 3
10 km
UV index
Low (0)
Local time at destination
Today
Nov 3
17° 4°
Overcast · 9% rain
Cold: averaging 10°C
Wed
Nov 4
16° 7°
Overcast · 17% rain
Thu
Nov 5
17° 9°
Sunny · 87% rain
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.
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Jinju is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. There are cultural-historical tourist attractions in Jinju such as Jinju Fortress, the Jinju National Museum, and the Nam-gang Prehistoric Site Museum.
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GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Towns within a day trip, best conditions first. Pick one for its full brief.
Changwon
52 km away · 1.0M people
76Good to travel
5°Partly Cloudy
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80Good to travel
11°Clear
Open briefKimhae
70 km away · 532k people
77Good to travel
7°Partly Cloudy
Open briefDaegu
88 km away · 2.4M people
76Good to travel
4°Clear
Open briefGwangju
109 km away · 1.4M people
76Good to travel
4°Partly Cloudy
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.
Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 1,333 KRW, as of 2 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)
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
11° -2°
Cool
About 62 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
None recorded in our calendar.
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 | 3° / -8° | 25 mm | 48 |
| February | Cold | 6° / -6° | 42 mm | 55 |
| March | Cool | 11° / -2° | 62 mm | 69 |
| April | Pleasant | 18° / 4° | 109 mm | 81 |
| May | Pleasant | 24° / 10° | 114 mm | 88 |
| June | Wet | 27° / 15° | 151 mm | 82 |
| July | Very wet |
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.
| 29° / 20° |
| 286 mm |
| 60 |
| August | Very wet | 29° / 20° | 255 mm | 62 |
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| September | Wet | 25° / 15° | 156 mm | 81 |
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| October | Pleasant | 19° / 8° | 67 mm | 93 |
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| November | Cool | 12° / 1° | 39 mm | 75 |
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| December | Cold | 5° / -5° | 27 mm | 53 |
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