Changwon
City in South Korea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Changwon-View from Daeamsan: Remi Cormier, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Changwon is a city in South Korea, in Gyeongsangnam-do. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of South Korea in our atlas.
It lies at 35.23° N, 128.68° E, about 27 m (89 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Seoul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Changwon. Green dots: other major cities of South Korea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Changwon 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
- Busan · 35 km
- Ulsan · 67 km
- Daegu · 72 km
- Gwangju · 160 km
- Daejeon · 171 km
- Cheongju-si · 190 km
- Suwon · 275 km
- Seongnam-si · 282 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1846326 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q243327 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Changwon-View from Daeamsan: Remi Cormier, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Changwon Soccer Center 2: Waka77, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
