Daejeon
South KoreaDfa
📷 대전광역시 동구· KOGL Type 1대전은 조용하고, 조용한 대전은 깊다. | Daejeon is quiet, and the quiet Daejeon runs deep.
About
Daejeon is South Korea's fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of nearly 1.5 million. Located in a central lowland valley between the Sobaek Mountains and the Geum River, the city is known both as a technology and research center, and for its close relationship with the natural environment. Daejeon is a major transportation hub, having developed as a railway town, and is approximately 50 minutes from Seoul by KTX or SRT high speed rail.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Daejeon, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Daejeon
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Partly cloudy
29° / 12°
UV High
Sun
Overcast
29° / 13°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
30° / 15°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
27° / 16°
UV Moderate
Wed
Rain
28° / 18°
4.7 mm
UV High
Thu
Rain
30° / 16°
1.9 mm
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
34° / 1°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.1h
05:24 – 19:28local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Daejeon
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ) at 42 km.
Getting around Daejeon
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Daejeon Metropolitan Government. Replica (this file) made by User:D6283.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.