North Korea
Time now in Sunch’ŏn
Sunrise 05:53Sunset 07:25Time zone UTC +9
Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang
UTC offset
UTC +9
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
437,000
Sunrise
05:53
Sunset
07:25
Day length
13h 32m
Coordinates
39.43, 125.93
Time difference from Sunch’ŏn
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Sunch’ŏn right now.
Sunch’ŏn on the map
About the time in Sunch’ŏn
Around 437,000 people live in Sunch’ŏn, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Sunch’ŏn 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.
Sunch’ŏn sits at latitude 39.43, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 13h 32m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Sunch’ŏn
- Does Sunch’ŏn change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Sunch’ŏn keeps UTC +9 throughout the year.
- What are normal business hours in Sunch’ŏn in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Sunch’ŏn runs from 00:00–08:00 UTC today.
- When do the sun rise and set in Sunch’ŏn today?
- Sunrise is at 05:53 and sunset at 07:25, giving 13h 32m of daylight.
- What time is it in Sunch’ŏn right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Sunch’ŏn, updating every second from Asia/Pyongyang (UTC +9).
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