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Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Seoul or Tallinn?

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 Seoul for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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. Seoul 18, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Seoul 84, Tallinn 52: Seoul leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Seoul 75, Tallinn 68: Seoul leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Seoul 84, Tallinn 44: Seoul leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seoul 75, Tallinn 55: Seoul leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Seoul 77, Tallinn 58: Seoul leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Seoul 80, Tallinn 60: Seoul leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Seoul 87, Tallinn 72: Seoul leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Seoul 85, Tallinn 40: Seoul leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Seoul 50, Tallinn 47: Seoul leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seoul 63, Tallinn 50: Seoul leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seoul 75, Tallinn 50: Seoul leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seoul and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeoulTallinn
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign LanguageEstonian
CurrencyWon (KRW)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119112
Elevation38 m28 m
Main airportIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeoulTallinn
City population9,668,465457,572
People per km²15,9732,871
Museums within 10 km8116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.