The climate in Korea is temperate with distinct 4 seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Seoul’s mean temperature in January is -5 °C and 22.5 °C in July (KTO, 2016).
Spring
The weather is mild, pleasant and short in duration, this is the most pleasurable season to visit Korea and the beautiful blossoming spring flowers makes it become the popular season to visit flower festivals in Korea.
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Summer
Summers are warm and sometimes can be hot but unlike other Asia countries where there temperature can rise over 33 °C, in Korea, it has a warm but pleasant temperature during summer. This is also the season when the monsoon begins which may cause heavy rain during summer.
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Autumn
The weather is pleasant and short in duration it is the most ideal and comfortable season to visit Korea and it is the popular season to capture the fall foliage in Korea.
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Winter
Winter is usually long, cold and dry and may have heavy snow during winter. Although it is freezing during winter, winter sports and ski resorts are the most popular activities during this season. (KTO, 2016)