Where to go from Seoul in May
Seoul averages 17°C in May. These are at least 5° warmer, and in season.
This May, from Seoul
In May, 33 of the 51 destinations are in season from Seoul; fares were seen for 2 of them, 2 under ₩800,000, and the cheapest in season is Tokyo at ₩226,570.
Every destination in season, by fare
Bands are round numbers in KRW, not thresholds we measured; the fares inside them are: the median of what the scanner has seen for May departures from ICN, a return fare per adult, not a trip budget.
Under ₩400,000
| # | Place | Verdict | High | vs home | Rain | Flight | Fare | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo Japan from ICN | goodbusy | 23° | +6° | 10d | 2h 22m | ₩226,570 | peak: Ideal spring weather and cherry blossom season attract tourists. |
₩400,000 to ₩800,000
| # | Place | Verdict | High | vs home | Rain | Flight | Fare | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Bali Indonesia from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 29° | +12° | 17d | 7h 20m | ₩422,961 | holidays: KR: 노동절 |
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| # | Place | Verdict | High | vs home | Rain | Flight | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Almaty Kazakhstan from ICN | good | 23° | +6° | 8d | 6h 00m | 23C max, 8 rainy days |
| 3 | London United Kingdom from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 18° | +1° | 7d | 11h 42m | shoulder season |
| 4 | Lisbon Portugal from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 23° | +6° | 3d | 13h 36m | shoulder season |
| 5 | Athens Greece from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 25° | +8° | 4d | 11h 15m | shoulder season |
| 6 | San Francisco United States from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 19° | +2° | 2d | 12h 00m | shoulder season |
| 7 | Baku Azerbaijan from ICN | goodbusy | 22° | +5° | 4d | 8h 44m | shoulder season |
| 8 | Prague Czechia from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 20° | +3° | 9d | 10h 58m | shoulder season |
| 9 | Tashkent Uzbekistan from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 29° | +12° | 5d | 6h 49m | peak: This period offers warm temperatures and abundant sunshine… |
| 11 | Budapest Hungary from ICN | goodbusy | 21° | +4° | 9d | 10h 50m | peak: This period coincides with warm weather and numerous festivals… |
| 12 | Barcelona Spain from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 21° | +4° | 6d | 12h 37m | shoulder season |
| 13 | Marrakech Morocco from ICN | goodbusy | 31° | +14° | 1d | 14h 20m | peak: The weather is warm and pleasant, making it ideal for outdoor… |
| 14 | Istanbul Turkey from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 20° | +3° | 8d | 10h 35m | shoulder season |
| 15 | Paris France from ICN | goodbusy | 20° | +3° | 10d | 11h 50m | peak: This period sees the most pleasant weather and numerous festivals… |
| 16 | Toronto Canada from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 17° cool | 0° | 8d | 13h 53m | shoulder season |
| 17 | Rome Italy from ICN | goodbusy | 22° | +5° | 7d | 11h 51m | shoulder season |
| 18 | Vienna Austria from ICN | goodbusy | 21° | +4° | 9d | 10h 59m | peak: This period coincides with warmer weather, attracting tourists… |
| 19 | Srinagar India from ICN | okbusy | 22° | +5° | 8d | 6h 33m | peak: This is the summer season, attracting many tourists for outdoor… |
| 20 | Amsterdam Netherlands from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 18° | +1° | 8d | 11h 21m | peak: This is the time when the tulips bloom, attracting many tourists. |
| 21 | Zurich Switzerland from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 18° | +1° | 13d | 11h 35m | shoulder season |
| 22 | Cape Town South Africa from ICN | okbusy | 21° | +4° | 6d | 17h 34m | shoulder season |
| 23 | New York United States from ICN | okbusy | 21° | +4° | 11d | 14h 25m | shoulder season |
| 24 | Leh India from ICN | sweet spotbusy | 13° cool | −4° | 10d | 6h 15m | shoulder season |
| 25 | Sydney Australia from ICN | okbusy | 20° | +3° | 8d | 11h 05m | shoulder season |
| 26 | Goa India from ICN | okbusy | 33° | +16° | 9d | 7h 52m | holidays: KR: 노동절 |
| 27 | Da Nang Vietnam from ICN | okbusy | 32° | +15° | 8d | 4h 33m | shoulder season |
| 28 | Tbilisi Georgia from ICN | okbusy | 23° | +6° | 11d | 9h 07m | peak: Warm weather and long daylight hours make it ideal for tourism. |
| 29 | Melbourne Australia from ICN | okbusy | 16° cool | −1° | 6d | 11h 22m | shoulder season |
| 30 | Auckland New Zealand from ICN | okbusy | 18° | +1° | 9d | 12h 42m | holidays: KR: 노동절 |
| 31 | Nairobi Kenya from ICN | okbusy | 25° | +8° | 15d | 13h 11m | holidays: KR: 노동절 |
| 32 | Taipei Taiwan from ICN | okbusy | 28° | +11° | 14d | 2h 42m | shoulder season |
| 33 | Mauritius Mauritius from ICN | okbusy | 25° | +8° | 20d | 12h 41m | shoulder season |
Not this May
- Abu Dhabi extreme heat: 28 days over 35C
- Bangkok monsoon: 18 rainy days, 193mm
- Cairo extreme heat: 10 days over 35C
- Colombo monsoon: 26 rainy days, 347mm
- Doha extreme heat: 26 days over 35C
- Dubai extreme heat: 21 days over 35C
- Hanoi monsoon: 16 rainy days, 245mm
- Ho Chi Minh City monsoon: 23 rainy days, 245mm
- Hong Kong monsoon: 15 rainy days, 220mm
- Jaipur extreme heat: 29 days over 35C
- Kathmandu monsoon: 21 rainy days, 236mm
- Kochi monsoon: 28 rainy days, 551mm
- Kuala Lumpur monsoon: 25 rainy days, 332mm
- Muscat extreme heat: 28 days over 35C
- Phuket monsoon: 24 rainy days, 254mm
- Singapore monsoon: 23 rainy days, 199mm
- The Andaman Islands monsoon: 24 rainy days, 308mm
- The Maldives monsoon: 21 rainy days, 271mm
Narrow it
Other months from Seoul
- January 35 in season
- February 41 in season
- March 44 in season
- April 40 in season
- May
- June 28 in season
- July 30 in season
- August 29 in season
- September 27 in season
- October 36 in season
- November 38 in season
- December 36 in season
- Everything from Seoul
Flight times are estimated from the distance, so treat them as "about" — they assume a direct routing, which not every pair has. Fares are shown in KRW, converted at the European Central Bank's daily rate. A dash means we have not seen a fare on that route yet.
The climate is the destination's own and the same wherever you fly from. What changes with your city is the distance, the fare and the public holidays that crowd a place out, and those can move a month's verdict up or down a rung.
The climate is the destination's own; the label, the order, the crowd flag and the fare are as scored from ICN.
Fares from Seoul for May have not been seen for enough places yet, so search engines are pointed at Where to go in May.