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Living in Seogwipo-si

In Seogwipo-si, tenants pay an average rent of €412 a month (2026) and unemployment is 2.2% (2025).

The housing-vacancy rate was 17.3% at the end of 2024. The unemployment rate was 2.2% at the end of 2025. The annual mean temperature estimate was 18.9°C at the end of 2024. In June 2026, 서귀포시 had a population of 178,669. The city covered 871.5 km² in 2020. Population density was 208.9 people per km² in 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0222 sources

Population178,669people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026
Average rent412EUR/month31 Aug 2026Official source · (월) 평균월세가격_아파트 (Korea Real Estate Board / R-ONE)
Unemployment rate2.2%country median 2.7% — 19% belowOfficial source · 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators
Recorded crime4,229incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · KR-Police-regional-crime-2024
PM2.5, annual mean12µg/m³country median 16.0 — 25% belowOfficial source · 2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations

Which South Korea-wide rules apply when you move to Seogwipo-si?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in South KoreaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Seogwipo-si.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Seogwipo-si. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month4 published recurring costs, € per month
Seogwipo-si recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32
Mobile plan, 10 GB€29
Fitness club€22
Transport pass€0

Supplemental estimate lane, not official statistics: Transport pass, Fitness club. The others are published prices.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fitness club membership, monthly21.77 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v222Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.8 EUR/month30 Sept 2026KT 100 Mbps internet11Official · national market
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant9.07 EUR31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v222Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB28.91 EUR/month30 Sept 2026KT mobile data plan12Official · national market
Monthly transport pass0 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v222Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Dwellings77,772 dwellings31 Dec 2024DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality4Official
Housing vacancy rate17.31 %31 Dec 2024DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality5Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)412 EUR/month31 Aug 2026(월) 평균월세가격_아파트 (Korea Real Estate Board / R-ONE)1Official

Is Seogwipo-si a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–67%
Skilled employee74%strong on work, weak on safety · range 66–82%
Student51%strong on education, weak on work · range 43–59%
Family62%strong on family, weak on cost · range 54–70%
Retirement45%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 35–55%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 서귀포시?

The unemployment rate is 2.2 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators3

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Seogwipo-si is 2.2%. Of 218 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 0.5 to under 1%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Unemployment rate2.2 %country median 2.7%31 Dec 20252025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators3Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Seogwipo-si. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Work24 public employment service — Public employment service

Ministry of Employment and Labor, Republic of Korea

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Seogwipo-si. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools70 schools21 Jul 2026Schoolinfo official open-data callback response19Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Doctors per 1,000 residents2 per 1,00031 Dec 2024KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 10008Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents290 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 100k9Official
Hospitals4 count30 Jun 2026HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보6Official
Pharmacies79 count30 Jun 2026HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스6Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents200 per 100,00031 Dec 2024KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 10008Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Seogwipo-si under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Doctors per 1,000 residents2 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-21
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 서귀포시?

Police recorded about 4,229 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KR-Police-regional-crime-202410

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,229 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024KR-Police-regional-crime-202410Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents58.21 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024KR-Police-regional-crime-202410Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Seogwipo-si. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Early Adaptation Program — Newcomer Adaptation

Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service

For newly arrived foreign residents, international students, workers, marriage migrants.

KoreanIn Person
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Social Integration Program (KIIP) — Integration course

Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service

For foreign residents in Korea, people within three years of naturalization.

KoreanIn Person, Online
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Seogwipo-si.

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Climate and air quality

The annual precipitation estimate was 1,922.6 mm at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 12 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in 서귀포시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: 2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations2

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in South KoreaAnnual PM2.5 in Seogwipo-si is 12.0 µg/m³. Of 235 cities with data, 47 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM10 — annual mean25 µg/m³country median 30.031 Dec 20242024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations2Official
PM2.5 — annual mean12 µg/m³country median 16.031 Dec 20242024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations2Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 10.8 · Feb 11.8 · Mar 14.7 · Apr 18.6 · May 22.3 · Jun 24.7 · Jul 28.3 · Aug 30.1 · Sep 27.4 · Oct 23.5 · Nov 18.4 · Dec 13.1 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Seogwipo_47189.csv21Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 4.1 · Feb 4.8 · Mar 7.5 · Apr 11.6 · May 15.8 · Jun 19.5 · Jul 23.8 · Aug 24.9 · Sep 21.5 · Oct 16.4 · Nov 11.2 · Dec 6.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Seogwipo_47189.csv21Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 7.2 · Feb 8.2 · Mar 11 · Apr 15 · May 18.8 · Jun 21.9 · Jul 25.7 · Aug 27.2 · Sep 24.1 · Oct 19.6 · Nov 14.6 · Dec 9.4 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Seogwipo_47189.csv21Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 60.7 · Feb 77.9 · Mar 130.3 · Apr 187 · May 223.6 · Jun 267.6 · Jul 275.8 · Aug 315.7 · Sep 208.8 · Oct 100.4 · Nov 86.2 · Dec 55.6 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Seogwipo_47189.csv21Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 153.5 · Feb 157.4 · Mar 185.8 · Apr 196.5 · May 203.5 · Jun 136.3 · Jul 144.8 · Aug 187.7 · Sep 174.7 · Oct 208.8 · Nov 166.8 · Dec 158.8 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Seogwipo_47189.csv21Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature18.95 °C31 Dec 2024NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities15Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Annual precipitation1,923 mm31 Dec 2024NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities15Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context

Population and city profile

How many people live in 서귀포시?

The published population was 178,669 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 202613

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents604.5 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu18Official
City area871.5 km²2020Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name.16Official
Foreign-resident share5.61 %31 Dec 2025Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-317Official
Foreign residents10,120 people31 Mar 2026Registered foreigners by local government, March 202617Official
Population density208.9 people/km²31 Dec 2024Exact si-gun-gu density derived from archived official MOIS/KOSIS resident population and exact official KOSIS area row.16Official
Female residents88,731 people30 Jun 2026MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 202614Official
Male residents89,938 people30 Jun 2026MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 202614Official
Population178,669 people30 Jun 2026MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 202613Official

International community in Seogwipo-si

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Persons recorded in the official KOSIS registered-foreigner population table; this is not the total resident population and is not interchangeable with resident citizenship. · 2025

Published groupPeopleShare
계10,083100.0%
중국3,29032.6%
베트남1,92119.1%
인도네시아1,50614.9%
네팔5165.1%
스리랑카4514.5%
미국4374.3%
한국계중국인2582.6%
필리핀2072.1%
영국2022.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
캄보디아1731.7%
미얀마1011.0%
캐나다1011.0%
남아프리카공화국860.9%
타이(태국)730.7%
일본660.7%
몽골600.6%
티모르민주공화국(동티모르)590.6%
타이완(대만)530.5%
홍콩530.5%
러시아(연방)380.4%
우즈베키스탄340.3%
인도340.3%
뉴질랜드280.3%
오스트레일리아260.3%
말레이시아220.2%
파키스탄210.2%
브라질210.2%
라오스210.2%
튀르키예150.1%
프랑스140.1%
싱가포르130.1%
아일랜드130.1%
카자흐스탄120.1%
멕시코120.1%
독일110.1%
스페인80.1%
마카오80.1%
네덜란드70.1%
케냐50.0%
콜롬비아50.0%
핀란드50.0%
벨라루스50.0%
이집트40.0%
우크라이나40.0%
에티오피아40.0%
코트디부아르40.0%
포르투갈40.0%
방글라데시30.0%
이탈리아30.0%
모로코30.0%
폴란드30.0%
예멘공화국30.0%
스위스30.0%
르완다30.0%
키프로스30.0%
가이아나30.0%
키르기즈20.0%
노르웨이20.0%
사우디아라비아20.0%
가나20.0%
우간다20.0%
불가리아20.0%
베네수엘라20.0%
파라과이20.0%
슬로바크20.0%
코스타리카20.0%
앤티카바부다10.0%
나이지리아10.0%
이란10.0%
덴마크10.0%
페루10.0%
벨기에10.0%
루마니아10.0%
타지키스탄10.0%
에콰도르10.0%
탄자니아10.0%
헝가리10.0%
아제르바이잔10.0%
세르비아10.0%
가봉10.0%
파나마10.0%
슬로베니아10.0%
자메이카10.0%
쿠바10.0%
니카라과10.0%
부르키나파소10.0%
트리니다드토바고10.0%
바레인10.0%
영국외지민10.0%
세인트크리스토퍼네비스10.0%
기타10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source20

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households89,081 households30 Jun 2026MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 202614Official

Alternatives for people set on Seogwipo-si

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Seosan-si as a Seogwipo-si alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3.

  • Unemployment: 0.5% Seosan-si vs 2.2% Seogwipo-si−77%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 600.0 Seosan-si vs 290.0 Seogwipo-si+107%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,009 Seosan-si vs 4,229 Seogwipo-si−29%
  • Empty flats: 12.1% Seosan-si vs 17.3% Seogwipo-si−30%
  • Foreign residents: 3.6% Seosan-si vs 5.6% Seogwipo-si−36%
  • Annual PM2.5: 14.0 µg/m³ Seosan-si vs 12.0 µg/m³ Seogwipo-si+17%
  • Residents: 171,136 Seosan-si vs 178,669 Seogwipo-si−4%
Full comparisonMore about Seosan-si

Alternative cities in South Korea

Other cities in South Korea to compare with Seogwipo-si, nearest in population first.

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Gijang-gun175,262 residentsJinhae-gu182,942 residentsMasanhappo-gu174,487 residentsMasanhoewon-gu174,175 residentsDangjin-si172,400 residentsCheongwon-gu186,088 residents

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Seogwipo-si in rankings

#13 of 30 in Cities with the highest published annual rainfall #16 of 30 in South Korean cities with the highest housing vacancy #16 of 30 in South Korean cities with the lowest annual PM2.5 #21 of 30 in South Korean cities with the highest foreign-population share

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in 서귀포시?

The published population was 178,669 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 서귀포시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: 2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations.

How safe is 서귀포시?

Police recorded about 4,229 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KR-Police-regional-crime-2024.

What is the unemployment rate in 서귀포시?

The unemployment rate is 2.2 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators.

How many foreign residents live in Seogwipo-si?

10,120 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

How much is public transport in Seogwipo-si?

A monthly transport pass is 0 EUR/month. This is a supplemental estimate, not an official municipal measurement. Source: Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2.

Is Seogwipo-si a good place to live?

Seogwipo-si may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people are in the 계 citizenship group in Seogwipo-si?

The official citizenship distribution records 10,083 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Seogwipo-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a6117d8eaf61fa569d7b87231b8d19ff]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/seogwiposi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_seogwipo-si-south-korea-population-rent-cost-of-living_d8fee3f3b443,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Seogwipo-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {a6117d8eaf61fa569d7b87231b8d19ff},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/seogwiposi/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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