Weekly note

South Korea in August

4 of the 4 destinations in South Korea are in season in August: 0 a sweet spot, 1 good, 3 ok.

None of these has August as a sweet spot; the one labelled good is the best of the month: Busan.

Ranked for August

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Busan good 29° 9d 29C max, 9 rainy days
2 Jeju okbusy 30° 10d busier than usual
3 Gyeongju ok 31° 9d 31C max, 9 rainy days
4 Seoul ok 30° 11d 30C max, 11 rainy days

Other months for South Korea

August elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about South Korea as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.