BOARDING PASS· Asia13:30 h from DE
Daejeon🇰🇷
South Korea·CJJ·36.35°N · 127.38°E
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WB · CJJ · 072Photo: Jo / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Workation in Daejeon: the essentials
Daejeon grew up as a railway town and became South Korea's research capital. Nearly 1.5 million people live here, alongside 23 universities and colleges including KAIST, government institutes and the R&D centres of groups like Samsung and LG around Daedeok Innopolis. Parts of the national administration moved here from Seoul from the 1980s on. High-speed trains reach Seoul in about 50 minutes, and the central position makes weekend trips easy in any direction. Cheongju International Airport is about 40 km away. There are coworking spaces and, in Yuseong, hot springs, but few headline sights, and evenings are low-key compared with Seoul.
Key metrics
Internet
150Mbps
very fastCost/month
1,600€
mediumSafety
5/5
very safeSun
205days/year
sunnyEnglish
3/5
goodClimate by monthBest time to visit: May–Sep
TemperatureSun hrs.Raincurrent
-1°
Jan
1.4°
Feb
6.6°
Mar
13°
Apr
18.5°
May
22.7°
Jun
25.5°
Jul
26°
Aug
21.2°
Sep
14.6°
Oct
7.7°
Nov
1°
Dec
Providers on locationlinked with Daejeon
No provider, trip, or travel partner linked to Daejeon yet.
Coworking on locationReal spaces from OpenStreetMap, prices as AI estimate
AI assessmentAI estimate:Day pass approx. 12 €· Month approx. 160 €
OpenStreetMap lists no coworking spaces within 10 km, which for a city of over a million people with a research and startup focus points to gaps in the map data rather than a lack of options. Day passes around 12 EUR and monthly desks around 160 EUR are realistic; alternatives include the dense network of cafes with Wi-Fi, public libraries and hotel lobbies.
Spaces come from OpenStreetMap (10 km radius); prices are AI estimates for typical offers in town – please check with the provider before booking. As of September 2026.
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Three places a week as reels, a head-to-head every Wednesday, a data sheet every Saturday. Same numbers as on this page.
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