Busan
City in South Korea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Korea-Busan-Busan Tower-01: by lwy, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Busan is a city in South Korea. About 3.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of South Korea in our atlas.
It lies at 35.10° N, 129.03° E, about 15 m (49 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Seoul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Busan. Green dots: other major cities of South Korea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Busan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -1°C (30°F). Around 1,490 mm (59 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in South KoreaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Changwon · 35 km
- Ulsan · 55 km
- Daegu · 94 km
- Gwangju · 192 km
- Daejeon · 204 km
- Cheongju-si · 220 km
- Suwon · 305 km
- Seongnam-si · 311 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1838524 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q16520 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Korea-Busan-Busan Tower-01: by lwy, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jagalchi Fish Market at Morning: Doo Ho Kim, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gwangalli Beach: Chelsea Hicks, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Busannopicture: Sonoda Umi, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Busan Sajik Stadium 20080706: Cheolstar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dongsam-dong Shell Midden: Donggeon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Song Sang-hyeon Square: Donggeon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Busan - Songdo beach: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gudeok Baseball Stadium in Busan: Korealine777, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
