Is Ulsan safe? South Korea travel risk
Is Ulsan safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ulsan scores 25/100 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.
Ulsan scores 25/100 (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 Ulsan: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: natural hazards (55/100) and security (18/100).
A score of 25 is higher than the scores of 15% 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
Charted at coordinates 35.5500° N, 129.3167° E in Ulsan, Ulsan maintains a regional distance of 306.1 km NW to Seoul.
Ulsan
35.5500° N, 129.3167° E
10 m
Asia/Seoul
1,127,553
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (South Korea)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (28 °C avg high); Wettest: June (215 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 25° | 20° | 14° | 9° |
| Low °C | 0° | 1° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 24° | 21° | 14° | 8° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 30 | 45 | 87 | 127 | 126 | 215 | 208 | 212 | 183 | 69 | 37 | 36 |
Normals: Busan (46.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Ulsan happened in August and September (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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