Seoul, Korea
Current time in South Korea
Time zone: KST (UTC/GMT +09:00) — Asia/Seoul
| Seoul – officially the Seoul Special City – is the capital and largest metropolis of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea), forming the heart of the Seoul Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, the world's 16th largest city. It is home to over half of all South Koreans along with 678,102 international residents. |
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Current Time in other Cities of South Korea
Seoul time zone and UTC offset
If you need the offset: Seoul is on KST, 9 hours ahead of UTC, i.e. UTC+09:00. The matching IANA zone is Asia/Seoul.
Seoul does not change its clocks. The same UTC+09:00 offset holds in January and July, which makes it a stable anchor for recurring calls.
Seoul compared with major world cities
How Seoul lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Seoul is 13 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Seoul is 16 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Seoul is 8 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Seoul is 7 hours ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Seoul is 5 hours ahead |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Seoul is 3 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Seoul is 1 hour ahead |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | same time as Seoul |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Seoul is 1 hour behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Seoul is 12 hours ahead |
Best time to call Seoul
Usable call slots from Seoul, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| Tokyo | 09:00–17:00 in Seoul | 8 hours overlap |
| Shanghai | 10:00–17:00 in Seoul | 7 hours overlap |
| Sydney | 09:00–16:00 in Seoul | 7 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 12:30–17:00 in Seoul | 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.
Same local time as Seoul
These South Korea cities also use Asia/Seoul, so their clocks read identically to Seoul at every moment of the year.
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