Seoul
Capital of South Korea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
덕수궁의 가을: 라성민, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Seoul is the capital of South Korea. About 10.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of South Korea in our atlas.
It lies at 37.57° N, 126.98° E, about 38 m (125 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Seoul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Seoul. Green dots: other major cities of South Korea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Seoul has a continental (hot summer, dry winter) climate (Köppen Dwa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -7°C (19°F). Around 1,241 mm (49 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
- Goyang-si · 16 km
- Seongnam-si · 20 km
- Incheon · 27 km
- Suwon · 31 km
- Cheongju-si · 112 km
- Daejeon · 140 km
- Daegu · 236 km
- Gwangju · 268 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1835848 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q8684 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 덕수궁의 가을: 라성민, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 서울월드컵경기장: Dan820526, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Korea-Seoul-Changgyeonggung-Myeongjeongjeon-01: d'n'c (a flickr user), CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Korea-Gyeonghuigung-01: Jtm71 at the Korean Wikipedia, CC BY 2.0 kr (Wikimedia Commons)
- Seoul Building63: Pavel Kanzelsberger, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
