North Korea
Time now in Chongjin
Sunrise 05:34Sunset 07:13Time zone UTC +9
Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang
UTC offset
UTC +9
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
327,000
Sunrise
05:34
Sunset
07:13
Day length
13h 39m
Coordinates
41.80, 129.78
Time difference from Chongjin
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About the time in Chongjin
Around 327,000 people live in Chongjin, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Chongjin runs on Asia/Pyongyang, which puts the city UTC +9 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
The zone identifier Asia/Pyongyang is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Asia/Pyongyang keeps pointing at Pyongyang time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Frequently asked questions about time in Chongjin
- Does Chongjin change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Chongjin keeps UTC +9 throughout the year.
- What time is it in Chongjin right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Chongjin, updating every second from Asia/Pyongyang (UTC +9).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Pyongyang, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Chongjin in?
- Chongjin uses Asia/Pyongyang, currently UTC +9.
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