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Can you afford it?

Tell us what lands in your account each month. We will set it against the four costs our city guides can actually source, rent, a desk, weekday lunches and getting around, and show you what is left for everything else.

Seoul, a month

£704 to £897 for the basics.

Add your take-home pay above to see what is left.

RentAverage one-room rent, 33 square metres or less, unfurnished, on a KRW 10 million deposit: Mapo to Gangnam, June 2026. KRW 678,000 to 1,020,000
£383 to £576
A deskWeWork monthly coworking membership, starting price. KRW 310,000
£175
Weekday lunchesKimchi-jjigae baekban, the set lunch, Seoul average, KRW 8,654 each, 22 working days
£107
Getting aroundSubway at the KRW 1,550 base fare, two trips each working day: our estimate over 22 working days. The Climate Card closed on 1 September 2026; its replacement is for Seoul residents only and had no launch date. KRW 68,200
£38

South Korea's Workation visa (F-1-D) asks for about £2,460 to £4,930 a month in income. Check your own case

The Seoul guideCompare every city

What is counted. Four costs, and only four, because they are the ones every guide can source: rent, a desk, a lunch on each of 22 working days, and getting around. Food shopping, bills, a phone, insurance, tax and evenings out are not in it, which is why the answer is what is left for everything else, not what is left to save.

Where the figures come from. Each city's guide, checked against official statistics, the operators' own price pages and dated listings. Each line says what it is. Where a guide only publishes rent per square metre, the line says what size flat it assumes. Last copied from the guides on 3 October 2026.

The exchange rates. The same daily feed as the visa checker, from ExchangeRate-API, last updated 20 October 2026. Pesos are converted at the official rate.