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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Atlanta or Seoul?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Atlanta for

Atlanta does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Atlanta’s own page.

Choose Seoul for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Atlanta 10, Seoul 18: Seoul leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 59 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Seoul 50: Seoul leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Seoul.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Atlanta
49match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Atlanta has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaSeoul
Official language-Korean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Won (KRW)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation225 m38 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaSeoul
City population498,7159,668,465
People per km²1,43315,973
Museums within 10 km2781
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.