North Chungcheong · South Korea
Jecheon travel guide
Jecheon is a city in North Chungcheong, South Korea, home to about 129,000 people.
- Best months
- October
- Nearest airport
- WJU40 km · Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46)
- Currency
- KRWwon
- Time zone
- Asia/Seoul
- Language
- Korean, Korean Sign Language
When to go
The best time to visit Jecheon
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Jecheon are October. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28 °C; July is the wettest, with about 343 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Jecheon: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46) (WJU), about 40 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ, 79 km) and Yangyang International Airport (YNY, 110 km) are also within reach.
WJU · Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46)
CJJ · Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)
YNY · Yangyang International Airport
Questions
Jecheon: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Jecheon?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Jecheon are October. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28 °C; July is the wettest, with about 343 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Jecheon?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46) (WJU), about 40 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ, 79 km) and Yangyang International Airport (YNY, 110 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Jecheon?
won (KRW).
Nearby
Destinations near Jecheon
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.