North Korea · Asia/Pyongyang · UTC+09:00
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Offset: UTC+09:00 | TZ: Asia/Pyongyang
Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea, a planned city of wide boulevards, monuments and large public buildings on the Taedong River. North Korea uses UTC+9 (it briefly used UTC+8:30 from 2015 to 2018).
Pyongyang is in the Korea Standard Time (KST) time zone, with the IANA identifier Asia/Pyongyang and a standard offset of UTC+09:00. North Korea does not observe Daylight Saving Time, so Pyongyang stays on UTC+09:00 all year. Standard time puts Pyongyang 3 hours 30 minutes ahead of India (IST) and 9 hours ahead of UTC.
The table shows how Pyongyang compares with major time zones, and what 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM in Pyongyang are elsewhere.
| Compared with | Pyongyang is | 9:00 AM in Pyongyang | 5:00 PM in Pyongyang |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC / GMT | 9 hours ahead of UTC | 00:00 | 08:00 |
| India (IST) | 3 hours 30 minutes ahead of India (IST) | 05:30 | 13:30 |
| London (UK) | 9 hours ahead of London (GMT) | 00:00 | 08:00 |
| New York (US Eastern) | 14 hours ahead of New York (EST) | 19:00 (previous day) | 03:00 |
Differences use standard time. The UK and the US move their clocks by one hour in summer, so the gap with them can change by an hour for part of the year.
Pyongyang is in the Korea Standard Time (KST) time zone (Asia/Pyongyang), which is UTC+09:00 in standard time.
No. Pyongyang stays on UTC+09:00 year-round.
In standard time, Pyongyang is 3 hours 30 minutes ahead of India (IST). India uses IST (UTC+05:30) all year.
The standard UTC offset of Pyongyang is UTC+09:00.
The live clock displayed above reflects the real-time local time currently in Pyongyang, making it an ideal tool for international business coordination, travel planning, remote work scheduling, and staying connected across time zones.
The cities listed below represent some of the most prominent urban centers near Pyongyang, along with their respective local times for easy comparison and scheduling.