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What time is it in Pyongyang?
02:41:50
Saturday 14 November 2026
- Pyongyang, North Korea
- Time zone UTC+09:00
- No daylight saving time
- Sunrise 07:18 · sunset 17:24
Time difference with Pyongyang
Pyongyang is on UTC+09:00 right now: 9 hours ahead of UTC all year round.
| City | Time | Compared with Pyongyang |
|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 17:41 | 9 hours behind |
| New York United States | 12:41 | 14 hours behind |
| Los Angeles United States | 09:41 | 17 hours behind |
| Paris France | 18:41 | 8 hours behind |
| Berlin Germany | 18:41 | 8 hours behind |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 21:41 | 5 hours behind |
| New Delhi India | 23:11 | 3 h 30 min behind |
| Singapore Singapore | 01:41 | 1 hour behind |
| Hong Kong Hong Kong | 01:41 | 1 hour behind |
| Tokyo Japan | 02:41 | same time |
| Sydney Australia | 04:41 | 2 hours ahead |
| São Paulo Brazil | 14:41 | 12 hours behind |
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Daylight saving time in Pyongyang
Pyongyang does not change its clocks: UTC+09:00 all year round.
History of local time in Pyongyang
| Period | Legal time |
|---|---|
| since 4 May 2018 | UTC+9 all year round |
| 2015 – 2017 | UTC+8:30 all year round |
| until 2014 | UTC+9 all year round |
Official time zone (IANA database): Asia/Pyongyang. Daylight saving time around the world
Upcoming eclipses visible from Pyongyang
Nearby places
Nearest time zone border: 165 km away, Langtoucun (China) is 1 hour behind Pyongyang all year round.
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Man’gyŏngdae-ri | 9 km |
| Kangsŏn | 18 km |
| Chunghwa | 19 km |
| Sunan | 20 km |
| Sŭngho 1-tong | 20 km |
| Pyongsong | 26 km |
| Hŭkkyo-ri | 26 km |
| Songnim-ni | 32 km |
Day and night around the world
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Sun and Moon in Pyongyang
- Sunrise
- 07:18
- Sunset
- 17:24
- Day length
- 10 h 5 min
- Tomorrow
- −2 min
Dawn 06:50, dusk 17:52, solar noon 12:21. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (9 h 25 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (14 h 54 min).
Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:10 (9 June 2027), latest at 07:56 (3 January 2027); earliest sunset at 17:14 (2 December 2026), latest at 20:06 (21 June 2027).
Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 23 % illuminated
Moonrise 11:43 · moonset 21:00 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 20:47 · moon calendar
Other cities in North Korea
Good to know about the time in Pyongyang
Pyongyang is on UTC+9 all year round, with no daylight saving time, like Seoul and Tokyo: it is 8 hours ahead of Paris in winter and 7 hours ahead in summer.
From August 2015 to May 2018, North Korea was half an hour behind Seoul, to break with the time inherited from Japanese colonial rule. Time in North Korea