The Kimchi-jjigae Index
Daejeon had the highest surveyed kimchi-jjigae set meal price at ₩10,600 for one serving in Sep 2026, according to Korea Price Information Portal (Chamgagyeok) — dining-out price survey.
What a set of Korean meals costs, region by region — the Big Mac Index logic applied to surveyed menu prices. These are Korea Consumer Agency average shop prices for 9/2026, not individual receipts or a guaranteed price at any restaurant.
Source: Korea Price Information Portal (Chamgagyeok) — dining-out price survey (한국소비자원 참가격 외식비 가격동향) — Korea Consumer Agency (한국소비자원). Survey month 2026-09 · 8 staple menus × 16 regions. Retrieved 2026-10-17.
Kimchi-jjigae set meal (one serving), average shop price by region. The priciest region (Daejeon) charges 28% more than the cheapest (Jeonnam).
- 1Daejeon대전₩10,600
- 2Chungbuk충북₩9,714
- 3Jeju제주₩9,625
- 4Jeonbuk전북₩9,550
- 5Chungnam충남₩9,500
- 6Gwangju광주₩9,100
- 7Ulsan울산₩9,000
- 8Gangwon강원₩9,000
- 9Gyeongbuk경북₩8,923
- 10Seoul서울₩8,846
- 11Gyeonggi경기₩8,841
- 12Gyeongnam경남₩8,808
- 13Incheon인천₩8,667
- 14Daegu대구₩8,583
- 15Busan부산₩8,429
- 16Jeonnam전남₩8,278
Practical takeaways
- The cheapest average meal budget (across 7 per-serving menus; weight-priced samgyeopsal excluded) is Chungbuk at ₩9,082; the priciest is Seoul at ₩10,511 — a 16% gap.
- Seoul averages ₩10,511 per meal — the most expensive of 16 regions.
Computed only from the table above — nothing added from outside this dataset.
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