OCT · SEOUL
37.55° N · 127.00° E
Travel Score
78
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
Good weather: Sat Oct 31 to Mon Nov 2
Average weather score 73 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 73/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 58% chance of rain on Nov 1.
US EPA index 2: Moderate.
WeatherAPI
SeoulStation: ChongdongUpdated 6:45 PM local time
11°C
Clear
Feels like 9°High 15° · Low 9°
Rain now
1%
Rain today
36% chance
Humidity
35%
Wind
7 km/h WNW
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 55 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 62 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year)
CulturalSouth Korea · Nationwide
Feb 6–8, 2027In 98 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
2 / 6
ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people may want to limit long outdoor exertion.
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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.
7:02 PM
Saturday, October 31
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (0)
Local time at destination
Today
Oct 31
15° 9°
Sunny · 36% rain
Sun
Nov 1
11° 8°
Patchy rain nearby · 58% rain
Mon
Nov 2
14° 9°
Sunny · 5% rain
Cold: averaging 11.4°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.
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GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Towns within a day trip, best conditions first. Pick one for its full brief.
Suwon
29 km away · 1.2M people
81Good to travel
10°Clear
Open briefHwaseong-si
41 km away · 641k people
81Good to travel
10°Clear
Open briefIncheon
28 km away · 3.0M people
71Good to travel
16°Patchy rain nearby
Open briefPyeongtaek
62 km away · 365k people
81Good to travel
10°Clear
Open briefCheonan
84 km away · 659k people
80Good to travel
8°Clear
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.
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
18° 7°
Pleasant
About 52 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 | -1° / -11° | 17 mm | 40 |
| February | Cold | 3° / -8° | 27 mm | 48 |
| March | Cold | 8° / -3° | 33 mm | 65 |
| April | Cool | 16° / 3° | 65 mm | 82 |
| May | Pleasant | 22° / 10° | 86 mm | 92 |
| June | Pleasant | 27° / 16° | 108 mm | 88 |
| July | Very wet | 28° / 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.
| 361 mm |
| 60 |
| August | Very wet | 28° / 20° | 271 mm | 65 |
|---|
| September | Wet | 24° / 14° | 130 mm | 85 |
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| October | Pleasant | 18° / 7° | 52 mm | 90 |
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| November | Cold | 9° / -1° | 48 mm | 65 |
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| December | Cold | 1° / -8° | 20 mm | 43 |
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Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 1,335 KRW, as of 31 Oct 2026
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