Current time in Pyongyang, North Korea
Korean Standard Time
UTC+09:00- Time zone
- Korean Standard Time · Asia/Pyongyang
- UTC offset now
- UTC+09:00
- Abbreviation
- KST
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+9 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- North Korea (capital) · 39.03° N, 125.75° E
- Population
- 3,222,000
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Pyongyang at about 12:37 standard time: the clock runs about 37 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:21 and 12:51 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:41 | 18:48 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:11 | 20:06 | 14h 55m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:25 | 18:33 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 07:52 | 17:18 | 9h 26m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:30–18:23 (11 h 53 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.