What's on in Incheon, South Korea through the year

Busy — Winter break (gyeoul banghak) in South Korea, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Busy — Winter break (gyeoul banghak) in South Korea

Nothing new starts in February.

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Hazard

  Fine dust season

  1 Mar – 15 May · usually

  Incheon is the first thing the spring westerlies hit, so it reads worse than Seoul on the bad days. Watch the forecast rather than the sky — the haze looks like ordinary sea mist. Source ↗

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Fine dust season (1 Mar – 15 May (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Fine dust season (1 Mar – 15 May (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Season

  Jangma, the rain front

  25 Jun – 31 Jul · usuallyMonsoon

  A few weeks of the summer front, which on this coast means low cloud over the bridges and the island ferries cancelling on short notice. The city itself keeps working.

Peak crowds — Pentaport Rock Festival, Summer break (yeoreum banghak) in South Korea

• Festival

  Pentaport Rock Festival

  31 Jul – 2 AugMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  Korea's long-running rock weekend, three days on the reclaimed park at Songdo. Hotels in Songdo go before the line-up is announced; Seoul is forty minutes away on the subway if they have gone. Source ↗

Still on: Jangma, the rain front (25 Jun – 31 Jul (usually))

Peak crowds — Pentaport Rock Festival, Summer break (yeoreum banghak) in South Korea

• Hazard

  Typhoon season

  1 Aug – 30 Sep · usuallyClosures

  Systems that reach the Yellow Sea are usually weakening, but the island ferries out of Yeonan pier stop well before the wind does. Assume Muuido and Deokjeokdo are off on a warning day. Source ↗

Still on: Pentaport Rock Festival (31 Jul – 2 Aug)

Peak crowds — Chuseok, Chuseok in South Korea

• Holiday

  Chuseok

  5 Sep – 10 Oct · usuallyNational holidayCrowdedBook early

  The airport is the pinch point of the whole country for about five days. Give yourself an extra hour at Incheon in each direction, and expect the airport rail link standing-room only. Source ↗

Still on: Typhoon season (1 Aug – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Chuseok, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Chuseok (5 Sep – 10 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Busy — Winter break (gyeoul banghak) in South Korea, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.