North Korea
Time now in Yakchŏl-li
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 05:56Sunset 07:25Time zone UTC +9
Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang
UTC offset
UTC +9
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
—
Sunrise
05:56
Sunset
07:25
Day length
13h 29m
Coordinates
39.34, 125.50
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About the time in Yakchŏl-li
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.
Yakchŏl-li 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.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Yakchŏl-li 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Yakchŏl-li
- When do the sun rise and set in Yakchŏl-li today?
- Sunrise is at 05:56 and sunset at 07:25, giving 13h 29m of daylight.
- Does Yakchŏl-li change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Yakchŏl-li keeps UTC +9 throughout the year.
- 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 Yakchŏl-li right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Yakchŏl-li, updating every second from Asia/Pyongyang (UTC +9).
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