Seasonal
Seollal 2027: 6–9 February
The lunar new year is a day later than China’s this year. What closes, what opens free, why the palace closing days flip, and why it is secretly a good week to be in Seoul.
Korea in February 2027
6 festivals with confirmed dates · 1 concerts · exhibitions and performances · updated daily from official data
February straddles deep winter and the first hints of spring. Seollal often lands here, filling palaces and folk villages with ancestral rites, traditional games, and free hanbok programs, while ski-country events wind down. By late February the plum blossoms are already stirring on the south coast.
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| Weather | Around 5°C by day and −3°C at night; the cold usually breaks in the last week. |
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| The season | Seollal closes small businesses for three or four days; ski slopes are still full; plum blossom starts on the south coast. |
| Public holidays | Seollal 2027: 6–9 February, including a substitute holiday on the 9th. |
Guides for February
Seasonal
Korea in winter 2026–27
Cold and dry rather than snowy — and Seollal lands on 7 February 2027, which moves the palace closing days. Ice festivals, ski timing, and the week to plan around.
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Skiing in Korea 2026–27: which resort, and how to get there
Yongpyong and High1 for a proper trip; Vivaldi, Elysian Gangchon and Gonjiam for a day from Seoul. Shuttles, the KTX, day tours with gear, what lifts and rental cost, and the week to avoid.
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Cherry blossom 2027: planning before the forecast
The forecast arrives in late February. Until then: how the front moves from Jeju to Seoul, what the last six years actually did, and how to book a trip to a date that does not exist yet.
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Concerts in February
- Feb 20, 2027Freya Skye: Stars Align Tour — Seoul
Exhibitions and performances in February
- Aug 27, 2026 – Feb 9, 2027Do Ho Suh
- Aug 27, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027Oh Yoon
- Sep 3, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027ACC Future Prize 2026: Kim Young-eun — To Future Listeners, Sound in Motion
- Sep 14, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027Wood That Crossed the Sea: Red Sandalwood, 50 Years of Korean Underwater Excavation
- Sep 15, 2026 – Mar 1, 20272026년 상주박물관 기증유물전 '당신이 건넨 시간, 상주의 역사가 되다'
- Sep 16, 2026 – Mar 14, 2027Dear All the Yesterdays
6 festivals in February 2027
D-86Jan 31, 2027 – Feb 8, 2027
Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival
D-47Dec 23, 2026 – Feb 13, 2027
Korea Grand Sale
D-71Jan 16, 2027 – Feb 14, 2027
Cheorwon Hantangang River Ice Trekking Festival
D-14Nov 20, 2026 – Mar 28, 2027
20th Century Photography Masters: Light, Stopping Time
D-15Nov 21, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027
E-World Illumination
D-28Dec 4, 2026 – Mar 14, 2027