Gyeongsangnam-do has one festival on record in March: Jinhae Gunhangje Festival, expected Mar/Apr 2027, free + paid activities. Jinhae Gunhangje is Korea's largest cherry-blossom festival, held across the Jinhae district of Changwon on the south coast, an hour by bus from Busan. The 64th edition ran 27 March–5 April 2026; the 65th is expected in late March–early April 2027. Entry is free; only the Cherry Blossom Music Festival concerts are ticketed. Go for 360,000 cherry trees along Yeojwacheon stream and the old railway at Gyeonghwa Station.
Typical March weather in Changwon (Jinhae-gu): average high 14 °C (57 °F), low 4 °C (40 °F), 79 mm of rain (Changwon station, KMA 1991–2020 normals).
| Festival | Dates | Admission | Nearest station | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jinhae Gunhangje Festival진해군항제 | Expected Mar/Apr 2027 | Free + paid activities | Jinhae Intercity Bus Terminal (next to Jinhae Station, which has no regular passenger trains) | Expected |
Dates marked “expected” follow the organizer's usual pattern and are replaced when the official announcement comes. Each festival page lists the sources.
| Festival town | Average high | Average low | Rain | Measured at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changwon (Jinhae-gu) | 14 °C 57 °F | 4 °C 40 °F | 79 mm | Changwon |
What to wear. Mild days, cold evenings: a jacket for after dark.
Monthly averages, not a forecast. Source: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, via the KMA-sourced climate tables for Changwon. Where a festival town has no station with published normals, the nearest one is used and its distance shown.
Jinhae Gunhangje is Korea's largest cherry-blossom festival, held across the Jinhae district of Changwon on the south coast, an hour by bus from Busan. The 64th edition ran 27 March–5 April 2026; the 65th is expected in late March–early April 2027.
Spring arrives from the south. On Jeju, the fire festival at Saebyeol Oreum, a grassy volcanic cone, lights the hillside with fireworks, lasers and torches in early to mid March. Gwangyang's plum orchards bloom in the first three weeks of the month, and in mid-March Gurye, at the foot of Jirisan, holds a nine-day festival as its sansuyu (cornelian cherry) villages turn yellow. Gangjin's celadon festival runs into the first days of March. Cherry-blossom season starts in the last days of the month: Jinhae, the navy town beside Busan, holds Korea's largest cherry-blossom festival, and depending on the bloom, Gyeongju's stone-wall road at Daereungwon, Seokchon Lake and Yeouido in Seoul and the canola fields along Noksan-ro in Seogwipo can hold their festivals in late March or early April. The Jindo sea-road festival depends on spring tides and can land in March or April.
Tip. Blossom dates and festival dates are different things: check the organizer's bloom report the week you travel.
Gyeongsangnam-do has one festival on record in March: Jinhae Gunhangje Festival, expected Mar/Apr 2027, free + paid activities. Jinhae Gunhangje is Korea's largest cherry-blossom festival, held across the Jinhae district of Changwon on the south coast, an hour by bus from Busan. The 64th edition ran 27 March–5 April 2026; the 65th is expected in late March–early April 2027. Entry is free; only the Cherry Blossom Music Festival concerts are ticketed. Go for 360,000 cherry trees along Yeojwacheon stream and the old railway at Gyeonghwa Station.
Expected Mar/Apr 2027. Expected. Free + paid activities. Nearest station: Jinhae Intercity Bus Terminal (next to Jinhae Station, which has no regular passenger trains). The organizer has not yet confirmed the dates; this page updates when they do.
Average high 14 °C (57 °F), low 4 °C (40 °F), 79 mm of rain (Changwon station, KMA 1991–2020 normals). Mild days, cold evenings: a jacket for after dark.
KTX to Changwon Jungang for Jinhae; KTX-Sancheon to Jinju in about 3 h 30 m, or a bus from Busan Sasang in 1 h 30 m.
12 festivals across Korea fall in March, including Gangjin Celadon Festival, Lighting Festival at the Garden of Morning Calm, Gurye Sansuyu Flower Festival. Blossom dates and festival dates are different things: check the organizer's bloom report the week you travel.