Is Sejong safe? South Korea travel risk
Is Sejong safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Sejong scores 33/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates South Korea Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 28 May 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Sejong scores 33/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and South Korea (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Sejong: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (65/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the South Korea travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Sejong at 36.4870° N, 127.2822° E (elevation 49 m), Sejong lies 123.0 km NNW of Seoul. Time zone: Asia/Seoul.
Sejong
36.4870° N, 127.2822° E
49 m
Asia/Seoul
204,088
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (South Korea)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: July (219 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 5° | 11° | 17° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 26° | 19° | 12° | 5° |
| Low °C | -5° | -3° | 1° | 7° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 10° | 3° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 27 | 33 | 59 | 96 | 94 | 152 | 219 | 197 | 119 | 62 | 38 | 33 |
Normals: Daejeon (17.8 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Sejong happened in July and September (6 of 10 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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