Current time in Gwangju, South Korea
Korean Standard Time
UTC+09:00- Time zone
- Korean Standard Time · Asia/Seoul
- 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
- South Korea · 35.15° N, 126.92° E
- Population
- 1,401,235
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Gwangju at about 12:32 standard time: the clock runs about 32 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:16 and 12:47 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:36 | 18:43 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:18 | 19:49 | 14h 32m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:20 | 18:28 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 07:37 | 17:24 | 9h 47m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:25–18:19 (11 h 55 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.