North Korea
Time now in Kyŏngwŏn
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 05:33Sunset 07:12Time zone UTC +9
Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang
UTC offset
UTC +9
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
—
Sunrise
05:33
Sunset
07:12
Day length
13h 40m
Coordinates
42.68, 130.12
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Kyŏngwŏn on the map
About the time in Kyŏngwŏn
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Kyŏngwŏn day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 00:00–08:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Kyŏngwŏn follows the civil time used across its region of North Korea; there is no separate local reckoning inside the city.
Kyŏngwŏn 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Kyŏngwŏn
- Does Kyŏngwŏn change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Kyŏngwŏn keeps UTC +9 throughout the year.
- When do the sun rise and set in Kyŏngwŏn today?
- Sunrise is at 05:33 and sunset at 07:12, giving 13h 40m of daylight.
- 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.
- What time is it in Kyŏngwŏn right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Kyŏngwŏn, updating every second from Asia/Pyongyang (UTC +9).
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