South Korea is a peninsula between the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan. The land has a total area of 100,339 km² and a total coastline of 2,413 km. This area is approximately 96% of the area of Kentucky. There are about 4,400 other smaller and partly uninhabited islands in the country. North Korea ist the only directly neighbouring country of South Korea. The distance between New York City and the Capital Seoul is about 11,070 km.With an Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.906 South Korea counts as one of the high developed economies by UN-definition. The IMF also shares this classification.

The climate in South KoreaThe climate in South Korea is subtropical. So it is much drier and warmer than in the most parts of the US or Central Europe. Only in a few humid months per year the intense of rain is a bit higher. Depending on the season, the average daytime temperatures range between 5 and 30 degrees. In some parts of the country the temperature raises up to 31 °C. In the colder months and depending in the region, the temperature lowers down to -3°C in a month's average. Average daytime and nighttime temperaturesDetailed climate data for South Korea and 12 geographic spots of the countryTsunamis