Current time in North Korea
Local time in North Korea
The time in North Korea is 9 hours ahead of UTC and 13 hours ahead of Ashburn. There is no daylightsaving in effect at the moment.
Details for the time in North Korea
| Current time |
9:58 a.m.
|
| Timezone | Korea Standard Time (KST) |
| Olson timezone name | Asia/Pyongyang |
| Time difference | 13 hours ahead of Ashburn |
| 9 hours ahead of UTC |
North Korea Daylight Saving time (DST)
North Korea does not observe daylight savings.North Korea
North Korea uses Korea Standard Time KST. KST is UTC +0900. North Korea’s latitude and longitude is 40° 0′ N and 127° 0′ E. Therefore being nine hours ahead of UTC is suitable for North Korea. Considering its high latitude one would expect that the country has a use for daylight savings time but DST isn’t observed in North Korea. It is a strange and dangerous country. Even if you could you shouldn’t go there.
Important cities in North Korea
The current time in some important cities in North Korea is shown below.