Pyongyang, North Korea
Current time in North Korea
Time zone: KST (UTC/GMT +09:00) — Asia/Pyongyang
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, 9 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +09:00) Asia/Pyongyang |
Pyongyang clocks, offsets and daylight saving
Clocks in Pyongyang are set to KST, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Software that asks for a region wants Asia/Pyongyang — the IANA identifier for this zone.
Daylight saving is not observed here, so UTC+09:00 is year-round. Any seasonal drift you notice against another city comes from that city, not from Pyongyang.
How far ahead or behind is Pyongyang?
Current gap between Pyongyang and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Pyongyang is 13 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Pyongyang is 16 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Pyongyang is 8 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Pyongyang is 7 hours ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Pyongyang is 5 hours ahead |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Pyongyang is 3 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Pyongyang is 1 hour ahead |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | same time as Pyongyang |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Pyongyang is 1 hour behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Pyongyang is 12 hours ahead |
Best time to call Pyongyang
Assuming a 09:00–17:00 day at both ends, these windows (in Pyongyang local time) fall inside working hours for both cities.
| Tokyo | 09:00–17:00 in Pyongyang | 8 hours overlap |
| Shanghai | 10:00–17:00 in Pyongyang | 7 hours overlap |
| Sydney | 09:00–16:00 in Pyongyang | 7 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 12:30–17:00 in Pyongyang | 4.5 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with New York, Los Angeles, London or Sao Paulo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
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