Seoul

Annual Climate Emissions and Hazard Information

Seoul, officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. With surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, Seoul forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area.. Source: Wikipedia

Annual Weather Data

Month	Average	Average High	Average Low	Record High	Record Low	Average Precipitation	Snowfall
January	-3.8°C	1.4°C	-8.3°C	13.5°C	-17.8°C	7.0 mm	83.8 mm
February	-1.4°C	4.5°C	-6.1°C	17.9°C	-17.8°C	25.7 mm	83.2 mm
March	4.7°C	10.4°C	-0.2°C	23.8°C	-7.8°C	31.7 mm	7.2 mm
April	11.5°C	17.7°C	5.9°C	29.8°C	-1.7°C	51.7 mm	—
May	17.6°C	23.3°C	12.0°C	33.3°C	5.0°C	83.7 mm	—
June	21.2°C	27.1°C	16.4°C	35.0°C	11.1°C	113.4 mm	—
July	25.2°C	28.9°C	21.4°C	38.4°C	13.9°C	392.6 mm	—
August	26.5°C	29.8°C	22.5°C	38.1°C	16.1°C	326.1 mm	—
September	20.6°C	25.9°C	15.6°C	36.0°C	7.2°C	105.1 mm	—
October	14.3°C	20.0°C	8.4°C	29.0°C	1.1°C	37.6 mm	—
November	7.3°C	11.8°C	2.4°C	28.0°C	-8.9°C	19.8 mm	10.0 mm
December	-0.6°C	4.0°C	-4.7°C	19.4°C	-15.0°C	19.9 mm	68.2 mm

Sources: NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Cyclone	High (8)
Drought	Low (2)
Flood	High (10)

* 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.

Seoul CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Seoul	4,211,603 t	16.3 t	324,397 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
Andong	3.123 km²	15,830
Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea	4.136 km²	64,203
Bucheon	10.1 km²	195,721
Busan	170.4 km²	2.1 million
Chinhae, South Korea	21.8 km²	86,722
Chungju	3.972 km²	20,753
Daegu	60.8 km²	837,496
Daejeon	23.7 km²	353,527
Incheon	27.8 km²	350,881
Jeju	3.136 km²	14,723
Jeonju	12.4 km²	135,447
Jinju	10.1 km²	64,316
Naju	2.52 km²	5,557
Nonsan	2.251 km²	9,001
Sacheon	2.652 km²	7,769
Seoul	13 km²	258,110
South Korea South Hamyol	1.808 km²	1,370
South Korea, South Korea, Cheongju	9.5 km²	80,189
South Korea South Korea Masan	15.5 km²	159,260
South Korea, South Korea, P'Ohang	3.147 km²	16,438
South Korea South Korea Samch'Onp'o	2.536 km²	8,298
South Korea, South Korea, Uijongbu	6.6 km²	126,884
South Korea South Korea Yeanmudae	3.464 km²	3,755
South Korea, South Korea, Yoju	0.962 km²	358
Suwon	6.8 km²	117,883
Taejong, South Korea	3.286 km²	2,860
Ulsan	6.1 km²	74,169
Yeosu	2.769 km²	6,003

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