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 |
4:54 a.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.
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