Daegu

Annual Climate Emissions and Hazard Information

Daegu, formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth-largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third-largest metropolitan area in the nation with over 2.5 million residents. Daegu and surrounding North Gyeongsang Province are often referred to as Daegu-Gyeongbuk, with a total population over 5 million. Source: Wikipedia

Annual Weather Data

Month	Average	Average High	Average Low	Record High	Record Low	Average Precipitation	Snowfall
January	-0.9°C	4.0°C	-5.8°C	16.1°C	-18.3°C	19.1 mm	143.8 mm
February	1.8°C	6.8°C	-3.1°C	17.8°C	-12.8°C	42.9 mm	49.7 mm
March	6.5°C	12.0°C	1.0°C	25.6°C	-12.8°C	39.5 mm	8.5 mm
April	12.9°C	18.9°C	6.9°C	30.6°C	0.6°C	54.7 mm	—
May	18.8°C	25.0°C	12.6°C	32.8°C	4.4°C	64.6 mm	—
June	22.6°C	28.3°C	16.9°C	37.8°C	11.7°C	86.2 mm	—
July	26.2°C	30.5°C	22.0°C	36.7°C	15.6°C	177.0 mm	—
August	27.5°C	32.5°C	22.6°C	37.8°C	16.7°C	133.0 mm	—
September	21.7°C	26.9°C	16.4°C	33.3°C	8.3°C	95.8 mm	—
October	14.8°C	21.3°C	8.3°C	30.0°C	1.1°C	51.0 mm	—
November	8.6°C	14.3°C	2.8°C	22.2°C	-6.7°C	43.7 mm	1.3 mm
December	2.0°C	6.9°C	-2.9°C	21.1°C	-11.7°C	30.6 mm	35.2 mm

Sources: NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Landslide	Medium (6)
Cyclone	High (10)
Flood	High (10)
Earthquake	Low (2)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:
1. Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.

Daegu CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Daegu	11,277,541 t	13.5 t	185,545 t/km²
South Korea	597,763,145 t	12.3 t	6,033 t/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Other Cities in South Korea

Name	Area	Population
Bucheon	10.1 km²	195,721
Busan	170.4 km²	2.1 million
Chinhae, South Korea	21.8 km²	86,722
Daejeon	23.7 km²	353,527
Incheon	27.8 km²	350,881
Jeju	3.136 km²	14,723
Seoul	13 km²	258,110
South Korea, South Korea, P'Ohang	3.147 km²	16,438
South Korea, South Korea, Uijongbu	6.6 km²	126,884
Suwon	6.8 km²	117,883
Taejong, South Korea	3.286 km²	2,860
Yeosu	2.769 km²	6,003

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