Weekly note

South Korea in May

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

May is a sweet spot at 3 of these 4 places: Busan, Gyeongju and Jeju.

Ranked for May

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Seoul good 23° 8d 23C max, 8 rainy days
2 Busan sweet spot 21° 7d 21C max, 7 rainy days
3 Gyeongju sweet spot 24° 7d 24C max, 7 rainy days
4 Jeju sweet spotbusy 22° 8d busier than usual

Other months for South Korea

May 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.