Gwangju
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About
Gwangju, formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until its promotion to a metropolitan city in 2005, upon which the provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak in Muan County.
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The next week in Gwangju
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
Clear
28° / 17°
UV Very high
Sun
Overcast
29° / 14°
UV Very high
Mon
Overcast
30° / 18°
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
31° / 18°
UV Moderate
Wed
Rain
22° / 17°
31.7 mm
UV High
Thu
Rain
22° / 17°
11.9 mm
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
30° / 3°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.0h
05:28 – 19:27local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Gwangju
4 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Gwangju Airport (KWJ) at 11 km.
Getting around Gwangju
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, Gwangju Metropolitan Government. Replica (this file) made by User:D6283.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.