§ 01KR · Asia-Pacific
Seoul
South Korea
Seoul holds Korea Standard Time at UTC+9, the same as Tokyo, with no DST. The KOSPI opens at 09:00. Korean business culture values fast iteration but formal hierarchy — meeting starts are strict and consensus-building happens before, not during, the call.
Seoul · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC11h 22m of light
Sunrise
21:37 UTC
Solar noon
03:18 UTC
Sunset
08:59 UTC
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into Asia/Seoul.
Local solar times
- Sunrise
- 06:37
- Solar noon
- 12:18
- Sunset
- 17:59
- Day length
- 11h 22m
Conventional business hours
09:00—18:00
Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.
§ 03Conditions · live
Current
weather.
Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.
Conditions · liveDaylight
+21°C
Mostly cloudy
Feels like
20°
Wind
9 km/h W
Humidity
66%
Pressure
1,012 mb
UV index · 5Visibility · 24 km
Weather · Apple Weather§ 04Time zone & daylight saving
The facts, computed.
Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.
- Time zone
- Korean Standard Time (GMT+9)
- UTC offset
- UTC+09:00
- IANA identifier
- Asia/Seoul
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Seoul does not observe daylight saving time and stays on GMT+9 (UTC+09:00) all year.
§ 05Time difference from major cities
London+8 h
New York+13 h
Tokyosame
Dubai+5 h
Singapore+1 h
Sydney−2 h
Hours are Seoul's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
§ 06Frequently asked
- What time zone is Seoul in?
- Seoul is in the Korean Standard Time zone (GMT+9), currently UTC+09:00.
- Does Seoul observe daylight saving time?
- Seoul does not observe daylight saving time and stays on GMT+9 (UTC+09:00) all year.
- What is Seoul's UTC offset right now?
- Seoul is currently UTC+09:00 (GMT+9).
- What is the time difference between Seoul and London?
- Seoul is 8 hours ahead of London right now.
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