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Time in North Korea now

05:23:59

Friday, September 25, 2026, week 39

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Time zone info for North Korea

UTC +9

Korea Standard Time (KST)
now 13 hours ahead of New York

The time in North Korea is 14 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 13 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
North Korea does not change between summer time and winter time.
Latest time zone news: North Korea changed time zone on 5 May, 2018
The IANA time zone identifier for North Korea is Asia/Pyongyang.

Time difference
from North Korea

Los Angeles	−16 hours	−16 hours
Chicago	−14 hours	−14 hours
New York	−13 hours	−13 hours
Toronto	−13 hours	−13 hours
São Paulo	−12 hours	−12 hours
UTC	−9 hours	−9 hours
Lagos	−8 hours	−8 hours
London	−8 hours	−8 hours
Johannesburg	−7 hours	−7 hours
Paris	−7 hours	−7 hours
Zurich	−7 hours	−7 hours
Cairo	−6 hours	−6 hours
Istanbul	−6 hours	−6 hours
Moscow	−6 hours	−6 hours
Dubai	−5 hours	−5 hours
Mumbai	−3.5 hours	−3.5 hours
Hong Kong	−1 hours	−1 hours
Shanghai	−1 hours	−1 hours
Singapore	−1 hours	−1 hours
Tokyo	0
Sydney	+1 hours

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North Korea on the map

Continent: Asia
Area: 120,540 km²
Capital: Pyongyang
Currency: Won (KPW)
Calling code: +850
Internet top level domain: .kp
Latitude: 40.00. Longitude: 127.00
Population: 25,550,000

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Annual average temperatures
for North Korea 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.