Timetable South Korea: time difference and opening hours

To see / To do South Korea

In most places to visit in Korea, you'll find similar opening hours. They open between 9 and 10 am and close between 5 and 6 pm. It's worth noting that in summer, opening times are slightly longer, by half an hour to an hour. Some museums offer late-night opening on Fridays and Saturdays. But this is of course on a case-by-case basis. Please note that admission closes 30 minutes to 1 hour before closing time.

Closing days are often Mondays, as well as national holidays: New Year's Day (January¹ ), Lunar New Year's Day (varies every year), Independence Day (March¹ ), Buddha's Birthday (varies every year), Chuseok (varies every year), Foundation Day (October 30).

Enjoying yourself South Korea

Even if it's difficult to give a precise range of opening times, as the restaurant business is so varied, it's worth noting that establishments are generally open between 10am and 10-11pm. Of course, there are also restaurants that offer early morning service for breakfast. And that's a very good thing if you want to experience breakfast in the pure Korean tradition!

It's also worth noting that, depending on the restaurant, the last order can be placed between 1 hour and 30 minutes before closing time.

Take a break South Korea

Cafés are open all day and until late at night (10pm-midnight), especially the big chains (Starbucks, Caffé Bene, A Twosome Place, Ediya, Angel-in-us...).

As for bars, they start their service around 5pm-6pm and finish late, around 3am-4am. The same applies to hof (beer and soju restaurants), although they generally close a little earlier.

These establishments rarely have closing days, except sometimes for the smaller ones on national holidays.

(To) please yourself South Korea

Shops are open all week, generally between 9-10am and 9pm. In major cities, especially Seoul, some stores like Dongdaemun Market never close. Large supermarkets are closed on the^2nd and^4th Sundays of each month (Wednesdays in some cities) to reduce competition with traditional markets.

Get out South Korea

Nightclubs and clubs will have similar opening hours to those in France. They are generally open between 9pm and 6am. Karaoke bars also close quite late, if at all, but this varies from one establishment to another. As for shows, here again the schedule varies from case to case, even if most of them take place in the evening.