Seoul Travel Forum

Hello Seoul lovers...

I will be traveling to Seoul in July. I wounder what will be the weather like and where can I find nice sightseeing areas. By the way, can I purchase a subway pass for a week with unlimited on/off. Thank you in advance for your valuable tips...

Due to extreme climatic changes the World is experiencing at the moment, trying to predict the weather can be difficult because of local, on the day variations.
Most places now are seeing weather conditions well outside the norm.
The information below should be used as a guide only.

Here is the average weather for Seoul for this time of year.
Enjoy your holiday.

July.
High 83f / 28c
Low 71f / 21c
Rain 14.1in / 358.0mm
Rain days 16
Hours of sun 6
Daylight hours 14
UV level 10 = Very High
Humidity = Moderate

July is hot and humid in Seoul, with the chance of monsoon/rain hitting the city.

As for the subway, you can get a "T-money" reuseable electronic card from most convenience stores, and then charge it up with whatever cash amount you want, either at the store or at the subway ticket office.
It's good for subway, busses, and now most taxis.

Welcome to Seoul.

It's going to be humid and hot. In general, we have so much rain in August, so I hope that it's not going to be raining so much around the time you are visiting in July. It's hot and humid, but the air conditioning system is everywhere, thus you might not need to worry about so much.

I think if you get the 'T-Money' card, then it might be the best way to use the transportation. First of all, it's cheaper than a cash and you can transfer bus to subway, vice versa, bus to bus within 5 times. But transferring time is in 30 minutes( after 9pm it's one hour). You can get a T-money card in the subway station(it's a credit card size), and the card costs 2500won. Then you should charge the card with the certain amount of money like 10000won. If you get the card in the store, it's small, but it's costs about 5000won or more.

Sightseeing areas.
Kwanghwamoon, Jongro - these are all in walking distance. It has stream, palaces and tranditional things with lots of modern shops and restaurants. Buisness town, too.

Gangnam, Apgujeong, Coex, Jamsil - close, but a bit far to walk around. city life and night life. restaurants and shops. amusement park, ice rink.

Itaewon, Yongsan - only place you can see more foreigners than koreans in itaewon. international food. Yongsan has a big electronic market, but you need to be careful not to be overcharged.

I think these are the most tourist places.
Enjoy your time in Seoul!