Current time in South Korea
Local time in South Korea
The time in South 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 South Korea
| Current time |
1:53 p.m.
|
| Timezone | Korea Standard Time (KST) |
| Olson timezone name | Asia/Seoul |
| Time difference | 13 hours ahead of Ashburn |
| 9 hours ahead of UTC |
South Korea Daylight Saving time (DST)
South Korea does not observe daylight savings.South Korea
South Korea uses Korea Standard Time KST. KST is UTC +0900. South Korea’s latitude and longitude is 37° 33′ N and 126° 58′ E. Therefore being nine hours ahead of UTC is a bit much for South Korea but not unsuitable. Considering its high latitude one would expect that the country has a small use for daylight savings time but DST isn’t observed in South Korea.
Important cities in South Korea
The current time in some important cities in South Korea is shown below.