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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seoul for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • 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. Salzburg 35, Seoul 18: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 59 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Seoul 75: Salzburg leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Seoul 77: Salzburg leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Seoul 50: Seoul leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Seoul 63: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Seoul.

Your match

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

Salzburg
58match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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SalzburgSeoul

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgSeoul
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Won (KRW)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation424 m38 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgSeoul
City population155,0219,668,465
People per km²2,36015,973
Museums within 10 km3881
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.