{
  "name": "Seoul",
  "type": "city",
  "url": "https://snowingplaces.com/cities/seoul/",
  "summary": "South Korea's capital, with cold, dry winters and a few days of snow most years.",
  "location": {
    "country": "South Korea",
    "region": "Seoul",
    "latitude": 37.56,
    "longitude": 126.99
  },
  "elevationMetres": {
    "city": 44
  },
  "factsVerified": false,
  "forecast": {
    "status": "out of season",
    "resumes": "November"
  },
  "snowRecord": {
    "metric": "average days per month with at least 1 cm of snowfall",
    "period": "2016–2025",
    "source": "ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo",
    "elevation": "city centre",
    "daysPerMonth": {
      "january": 1.8,
      "february": 1.5,
      "march": 1,
      "april": 0.2,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 0.6,
      "december": 1.5
    },
    "shareOfAnnualSnowfallPercent": {
      "january": 24,
      "february": 24,
      "march": 14,
      "april": 5,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 10,
      "december": 24
    },
    "averageDailyTemperatureC": {
      "january": {
        "low": -7,
        "high": 1.8
      },
      "february": {
        "low": -4.9,
        "high": 4.5
      },
      "march": {
        "low": 0.6,
        "high": 11.6
      },
      "april": {
        "low": 6.8,
        "high": 17.7
      },
      "may": {
        "low": 12.2,
        "high": 22.6
      },
      "june": {
        "low": 17.9,
        "high": 27
      },
      "july": {
        "low": 22.5,
        "high": 29.2
      },
      "august": {
        "low": 22.6,
        "high": 29.4
      },
      "september": {
        "low": 17.4,
        "high": 25.3
      },
      "october": {
        "low": 9.5,
        "high": 18.5
      },
      "november": {
        "low": 1.6,
        "high": 11
      },
      "december": {
        "low": -5.6,
        "high": 2.9
      }
    },
    "wintersAsPercentOfAverage": {
      "2016/17": 58,
      "2017/18": 126,
      "2018/19": 58,
      "2019/20": 29,
      "2020/21": 63,
      "2021/22": 77,
      "2022/23": 68,
      "2023/24": 188,
      "2024/25": 213,
      "2025/26": 121
    },
    "holidays": {
      "christmas": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 1,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 4
      },
      "newYear": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 1,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 2
      },
      "midFebruary": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 4
      },
      "easter": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      },
      "midJuly": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      }
    },
    "note": "Absolute snowfall and depth are not published: ERA5 underestimates them in mountain terrain."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Seoul on Wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8684"
    },
    {
      "label": "Elevation from the Open-Meteo terrain model at the city centre coordinates",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/elevation-api"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://snowingplaces.com/methodology/",
  "attribution": "snowingplaces.com. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com."
}