Gyeonggi Province · South Korea
Uijeongbu travel guide
Uijeongbu is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, home to about 460,000 people.
- Best months
- October
- Nearest airport
- GMP30 km · Seoul Gimpo International Airport
- Currency
- KRWwon
- Time zone
- Asia/Seoul
- Language
- Korean, Korean Sign Language
About
About Uijeongbu
Uijeongbu is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is the tenth-most populous city in the province and a suburb of Seoul within the greater Seoul Metropolitan Area.
Uijeongbu is located north of the Korean capital Seoul; it lies inside a defile, with mountains on two sides, and commands a natural choke point across the main traditional invasion route from the North into Seoul. As such it has a continued military significance and it contains U.S. and Korean military bases, positioned for the defense of the Korean capital. The U.S. Second Infantry Division has established a headquarters post in Uijeongbu.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Uijeongbu
See
- Mangwol Temple
- Uijeongbu Rodeo Street
Do
- Surak Mountain
- Wondobong Mountain
- Uijeongbu Indoor Ice Rink
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Where to stay
Hotels in Uijeongbu
2 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel Bay 204 Dobong | 9.0 km | |
| Uijeongbu Cloud Hotel | 1.4 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Uijeongbu
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Uijeongbu are October. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; July is the wettest, with about 389 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 Uijeongbu: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Seoul Gimpo International Airport (GMP), about 30 km from the city centre in a straight line; Incheon International Airport (ICN, 60 km) and Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46) (WJU, 88 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Uijeongbu is just north of Seoul, so travelers can take the subway or bus to get to the city easily.
Getting around
There is a small light rail line that is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway network. It is connected to the rest of the system at Hoeryong. You can easily find a taxi around the city. Especially, there is the taxi stand in front of the Uijeongbu subway station. The basic price is ₩1,900 and after that the price go up by ₩100/39s or ₩100/164m. You can use cash or credit card as your payment.
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GMP · Seoul Gimpo International Airport
ICN · Incheon International Airport
WJU · Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46)
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Uijeongbu
Eat
Budae jjigae is the spicy stew made with Spam, sausages, ramen noodles and kimchi. It can also be called the army's stew because people first started to eat this after the Korean War, when the impoverished Koreans put this dish together using scraps from the U.S. military such as spam and sausages. Since the city contains many army camps, budae jjigae became a famous food that represents the city.
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Questions
Uijeongbu: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Uijeongbu?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Uijeongbu are October. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; July is the wettest, with about 389 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Uijeongbu?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Seoul Gimpo International Airport (GMP), about 30 km from the city centre in a straight line; Incheon International Airport (ICN, 60 km) and Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46) (WJU, 88 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Uijeongbu?
won (KRW).
Nearby
Destinations near Uijeongbu
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.