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Asia
Seoul
South Korea
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Seoul compare to Singapore?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Seoul is 15% worse off vs in Singapore
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Seoul compared to Singapore, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$44,378
-$39,616 (-47%) vs Singapore
Tax Rate: 28%
Weather
How does the weather in Seoul compare to Singapore?
Seoul has better overall weather
3.6/10(vs 1.5/10 in Singapore)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
16°C(vs 31°C in Singapore)
Average Low
9°C(vs 26°C in Singapore)
Sunshine Hours
2,066h/yr+44h/yr
Average High in hottest month
29°C(vs 32°C in Singapore)
Average Low in coldest month
-6°C(vs 25°C in Singapore)
Rainy Days
83/yr-70/yr(-46%)
Muggy Days
64/yr-301/yr(-83%)
Cloud Cover
41%(vs 85% in Singapore)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Seoul compare to Singapore?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Seoul compared to Singapore?
SWE Affordability
31.3 years
13.2 years longer than Singapore
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Seoul has around 5 Luma events listed.
That's 76% fewer events than Singapore.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in Seoul to maintain the same standard of living.
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