Seoul for remote workers: time-zone overlap, weather by month, prices

US Eastern team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 23:00–07:00 here

US Pacific team 0–1 h shared 9–5 · their day is 02:00–10:00 (next day) here

UK team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 18:00–02:00 here

Central Europe team 0–1 h shared 9–5 · their day is 17:00–01:00 here

Price level 62 Moderate: household prices South Korea-wide vs US = 100 (2025)

Comfortable months 5 / 12 April–June, September–October

Your team's working day, on Seoul's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Seoul; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 23:00–07:00

0 h

US Pacific 02:00–10:00 (next day)

1 h

UK 18:00–02:00

0 h

Central Europe 17:00–01:00

0 h

Another zone

South Korea does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

Month	US Eastern	US Pacific	UK	Central Europe
Jan	0 h awake 0 h	1 h awake 3 h	0 h awake 4 h	0 h awake 5 h
Feb	0 h awake 0 h	1 h awake 3 h	0 h awake 4 h	0 h awake 5 h
Mar	0 h awake 0 h	0–1 h awake 2–3 h	0 h awake 4–5 h	0–1 h awake 5–6 h
Apr	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
May	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Jun	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Jul	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Aug	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Sep	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Oct	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 4–5 h	0–1 h awake 5–6 h
Nov	0 h awake 0 h	1 h awake 3 h	0 h awake 4 h	0 h awake 5 h
Dec	0 h awake 0 h	1 h awake 3 h	0 h awake 4 h	0 h awake 5 h

Month	High	Low	Rain	Dew point	Daylight	Score
Jan	2°C	-6°C	17 mm	-9°C dry	9.7 h	0.0
Feb	5°C	-4°C	23 mm	-7°C dry	10.6 h	0.0
Mar	11°C	1°C	40 mm	-2°C dry	11.7 h	1.6
Apr	18°C	7°C	69 mm	4°C dry	13.0 h	8.1
May	23°C	13°C	90 mm	10°C comfortable	14.0 h	9.5
Jun	27°C	18°C	122 mm	16°C sticky	14.6 h	8.2
Jul	29°C	22°C	345 mm	21°C oppressive	14.4 h	3.8
Aug	30°C	22°C	299 mm	21°C oppressive	13.4 h	3.1
Sep	26°C	17°C	127 mm	15°C comfortable	12.2 h	8.9
Oct	20°C	9°C	50 mm	8°C dry	11.0 h	9.9
Nov	12°C	2°C	47 mm	1°C dry	9.9 h	2.8
Dec	4°C	-5°C	22 mm	-6°C dry	9.4 h	0.0

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Population: 9,668,465 (2020)
Elevation: 38 m
Airports: Incheon International Airport (ICN), 49 km
Gimpo International Airport (GMP), 16 km
Time zone: Asia/Seoul
Visas: Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check South Korea's official government or embassy website.
Read more: Seoul on Wikipedia

US: Level 1 Exercise Normal Precautions. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

Within an hour of Seoul's clock today, most comfortable months first.