Step 2 Your first day

Taxis without getting overcharged

Seoul taxis must charge by the meter. Know the fare, keep the receipt, and report it if something is off.

Do this first

Book in an app, or use an official stand

k.ride, Kakao's taxi app for visitors: sign up with a phone number, email or social account, pay with a foreign card. The driver gets your destination in the app.
Kakao T needs a Kakao account and a text-message check. Kakao doesn't say if foreign numbers pass.
At the airport, use the official taxi stands. Incheon Airport warns that call vans posing as taxis solicit and overcharge.

What a regular taxi costs

Base fare	₩4,800 for the first 1.6 km
Then	₩100 per 131 m, or ₩100 per 30 seconds in slow traffic
Late night	+20% 22:00–23:00 and 02:00–04:00, +40% 23:00–02:00
Leaving Seoul	+20% outside the city limits
Tolls	You pay the actual toll

SUV, van and deluxe (black) taxis start at ₩7,000 for 3 km. International Taxis add 20% in the city.

Pay by cash, credit card or transport card.

Taxi stands at Incheon Airport (1st floor)

Regular, to Seoul	T1: 5C, 6C, 6D · T2: 7C
Deluxe / jumbo	T1: 7C / 8C · T2: 7D
International Taxi	T1: 4C · T2: 3C

International Taxi drivers speak English, Chinese or Japanese. Book at least 24 hours ahead (1644-2255). Fixed fares from Incheon to Seoul start at ₩70,000 by zone.

If you think you were overcharged

Ask for the receipt. Since December 2025 Seoul taxi receipts show the fare and the pickup and drop-off times in English.
Note the car number (licence plate) and the time. A photo helps.
Report it with the QR complaint form, or email taxi120@seoul.go.kr with the plate number and photos.
Call 120 (+82-2-120 from a foreign phone): English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Mongolian, weekdays 9:00–18:00.
Call 1330, the Korea Travel Hotline, 24 hours (+82-2-1330 from a foreign phone).

Seoul checks the plate, the time, the meter and the fare. Drivers who overcharge are fined from ₩200,000 and can lose their licence.

Seoul taxi complaint (QR form)

Not sure? Show this

Tap a card to hear it in Korean. Tap ⤢ to show it big.

Going to your hotel?

Save your hotel's Korean address in the Taxi Show Card once, then show it full screen.

Taxi Show Card

Sources

Official pages, checked 2026-10-23.