Current time in Seoul, 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 (capital) · 37.57° N, 126.98° E
- Population
- 10,349,312
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Seoul 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 12:46 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:36 | 18:43 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:10 | 19:56 | 14h 46m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:20 | 18:28 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 07:43 | 17:17 | 9h 34m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:25–18:19 (11 h 54 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.