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Seoul

South Korea · UTC+9

77out of 100
Your passportFrance passport: visa-free entry, 90 days. The nomad visa is for beyond that.

The eight criteria

Connection98
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Cost of living58
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Safety96
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Community62
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Climate66
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Visa96
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Coworking88
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Time zone50
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What carries the city
  • La connexion la plus rapide et la plus fiable du monde
  • Visa « workation » ouvert en 2024
  • Sécurité et transports exemplaires, ville active jusqu'à l'aube
  • Cafés conçus pour travailler, ouverts tard
What to know
  • Coût du logement élevé
  • Barrière de la langue hors des quartiers centraux
The nomad visa

Visa workation (F-1-D, 2024) — revenus ≥ 2× le RNB par habitant

All 199 passports, in The Keyring
Shared hours

1 working hours shared with Western Europe.

0 with the US east coast.

The season

Climatically workable months: April, May, June, September, October, November.

The exact week, in La Fenêtre
The Carnet

169 addresses in Seoul, 20 of them cafés, in the Circle’s Carnet.

See the city page

Where Séoul stands

77/100 — rank 347 of the 834 cities scored, and 25 of the 251 in Asia. A score on its own says nothing; its position explains it.

What carries it: Qualité Internet (98/100, rank 1), Sécurité (96/100, rank 2). What holds it back: Coût de vie (58/100, rank 717), Timezone (EU+US) (50/100, rank 605).

The six closest profiles

Closeness is computed across all eight scores, not the overall one: two cities at 80 may have nothing in common — one expensive and safe, the other cheap and loud. It is the shape of the profile that matches.