Jeonju
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About
Jeonju is the capital and largest city of the state of Jeonbuk, South Korea. It is both urban and rural due to the closeness of Wanju County which almost entirely surrounds Jeonju. It is an important tourist center famous for South Korean cuisine, historic buildings, sports activities, and innovative festivals.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Jeonju, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Jeonju
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
Overcast
27° / 13°
UV High
Sun
Overcast
28° / 13°
UV Very high
Mon
Overcast
30° / 13°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
29° / 16°
UV Moderate
Wed
Rain
22° / 17°
26.2 mm
UV High
Thu
Rain
24° / 16°
8.0 mm
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
31° / 5°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.0h
05:26 – 19:28local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Jeonju
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Gunsan Airport / Gunsan Air Base (KUV) at 49 km.
Getting around Jeonju
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, Jeonju City Government.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.