Ulsan
City in South Korea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Ulsan is a city in South Korea. About 1.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of South Korea in our atlas.
It lies at 35.54° N, 129.32° E, about 10 m (33 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Seoul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Ulsan. Green dots: other major cities of South Korea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ulsan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 28°C (82°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 0°C (32°F). Around 1,323 mm (52 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 · 55 km
- Changwon · 67 km
- Daegu · 75 km
- Daejeon · 196 km
- Cheongju-si · 205 km
- Gwangju · 221 km
- Suwon · 285 km
- Seongnam-si · 289 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1833747 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q27266934 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Dongchun Gymnasium: NASA World Wind, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Whale at Seonam Lake Park, Ulsan: Rystheguy, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
