Is a Seoul transit pass worth it?
A transit pass pays for itself once you board more times per day than its price divided by the single fare and by the days it covers. Below that, paying per ride is cheaper — and a pass shorter than your trip has to be counted more than once. Put your own trip in below.
Pass prices and the single fare below are unverified seed values. Fares get revised, so a fare without a check date is a wrong fare. Every figure is editable — enter what you actually see, and the comparison still works.
Your trip
Pass prices— unverified seed values, edit if you know better
At 4 rides a day for 5 days
Buy the Climate Card (short-term)
It saves ₩5,000 against paying per ride (you would need 5 of them). A pass only starts winning from 4 rides a day.
| Option | Total | vs per ride |
|---|---|---|
| Pay per ride 5 days × 4 rides × ₩1,500 | ₩30,000 | — |
| Climate Card (short-term)cheapest 5 passes needed to cover 5 days | ₩25,000 | saves ₩5,000 |
What we left out, and why
- T-money (stored value) — stored-value card rather than unlimited travel, so there is no break-even point to find; it simply charges you per ride.
- Discover Seoul Pass 48h — bundles attraction entry, and we cannot convert those tickets into a won figure without deciding for you which attractions you would have paid for anyway.
Why a seller would not show you this
Every pass is sold by someone who benefits from you buying it, so their own calculators start from the assumption that you should. This one includes paying per ride as an option and will tell you when that wins, which is the answer for a lot of short trips.