🇰🇷 12 cities
South Korea
2 cities have a written profile, and 10 more are ranked on the hours they keep.
In the atlas
full profiles · 2Public holidays
Next public holiday Liberation Day 15 August 2026
21 statutory holidays in 2026. Dates and rules for 241 jurisdictions are maintained at timesys.pro.
- 01 Jan New Year's Day
- 16 Feb The day preceding Korean New Year
- 17 Feb Korean New Year
- 18 Feb The second day of Korean New Year
- 01 Mar Independence Movement Day
- 02 Mar Alternative holiday for Independence Movement Day
- 05 May Children's Day
- 24 May Buddha's Birthday
- 25 May Alternative holiday for Buddha's Birthday
- 03 Jun Local Election Day
- 06 Jun Memorial Day
- 17 Jul Constitution Day
- 15 Aug Liberation Day
- 17 Aug Alternative holiday for Liberation Day
- 24 Sept The day preceding Chuseok
- 25 Sept Chuseok
- 26 Sept The second day of Chuseok
- 03 Oct National Foundation Day
- 05 Oct Alternative holiday for National Foundation Day
- 09 Oct Hangul Day
- 25 Dec Christmas Day
The country, measured
The same six measures for every city here — the comparison a country page can make and a city page cannot.
The extremes
Within South Korea only. Each links to the ranking it comes from.
How much South Korea varies
A country with one climate is a different proposition from one with several. These are the gaps between its own cities.
- Umbrella days
- 107–108 a year
- Muggy days
- 60–80 a year
- Nonstop destinations
- 86–410