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Hongch’ŏn, Südkorea
04:57:42 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Seoul
Hongcheon County
County in South Korea
Aktuelle Ortszeit
04:57:42 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Zeitzone
KST
Asia/Seoul · UTC+09:00
Nächster Feiertag
Children's Day
Dienstag, 5. Mai 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Hongch’ŏn right now
Nächster Flughafen
YNY
Yangyang International Airport · 80 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Curated airport references available for Südkorea
Snapshot at render time: 04:57:42 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Hongch’ŏn (UTC+09:00, KST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
18°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 15°C · Humidity 41% · Wind 9 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:35 AM to 07:16 PM
Day length 13h 41m · Solar noon 12:26 PM
Next country holiday
Children's Day
Dienstag, 5. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Hongch’ŏn local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techDienstag, 12. Mai 2026
13 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalFreitag, 15. Mai 2026
16 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynoteFreitag, 15. Mai 2026
16 days to go
WHO Pandemic Agreement — Adoption at 79th WHA
politicalMontag, 18. Mai 2026
19 days to go
Forza Horizon 6
release-gameDienstag, 19. Mai 2026
20 days to go
Google I/O 2026
keynoteDienstag, 19. Mai 2026
20 days to go
Population
75.3K
Coordinates
37.69, 127.89
Timezone
Asia/Seoul
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Capital
Seoul
Languages
Korean
Currency
KRW (₩)
Country area
100,210 km²
For Südkorea, Hongch’ŏn (rank #77 by population in this dataset) reads KST, UTC+09:00 on the IANA zone Asia/Seoul, and the city's roughly 75.3K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Hongch’ŏn sits at 37.69°N, 127.89°E; that's the mid-latitudes (Northern Hemisphere, ~4184 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 05:35 AM and sets around 07:16 PM in Hongch’ŏn — about 13h 41m of daylight. Südkorea stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Chuncheon (24 km from Hongch’ŏn) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Südkorea.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Children's Day on 2026-05-05, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Hongch’ŏn.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
KST
IANA Zone
Asia/Seoul
UTC Offset
UTC+09:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
London
-8h
New York
-13h
Los Angeles
-16h
Dubai
-5h
Singapore
-1h
Tokyo
+0h
Sydney
+1h
São Paulo
-12h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Hongch’ŏn.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 08:57 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 03:57 AM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 12:57 AM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 11:57 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 03:57 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| Tokyo | 04:57 PM | +0h | Good to call now |
| Sydney | 05:57 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 04:57 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Hongch’ŏn liegt in der Zeitzone Asia/Seoul (KST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +09:00.
Hongch’ŏn beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Hongch’ŏn ist UTC+09:00.
Hongch’ŏn sits at 37.69°N, 127.89°E in Südkorea, with about 75.3K residents (rank #77 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Hongch’ŏn is Tokyo, about 1,072 km away as the crow flies.
Chuncheon is the closest indexed city, roughly 24 km from Hongch’ŏn.
Yangyang International Airport (YNY) is the closest curated airport reference, about 80 km from Hongch’ŏn.
Children's Day is the next upcoming holiday in Südkorea, on Dienstag, 5. Mai 2026.
Hongcheon (Hongcheon-gun) is a county and city in the state of Gangwon, South Korea. The city lies on the northern bank of the Hongcheon River, southeast of Chuncheon. The terrain of the county is mainly mountainous and contains hot springs in the Hongcheong River valley. The county produces ginseng, maize, and vegetables. As of 2012 the county had a population of 70,401 people in 29,894 households.
Reading Hongch’ŏn against the global hubs: Tokyo (~1,072 km), Singapore (~4,731 km), Dubai (~6,859 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~18,358 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Hongch’ŏn sits inside Südkorea — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Seoul, languages Korean, currency KRW (₩).
The closest mapped neighbors of Hongch’ŏn are Chuncheon (24 km), Gapyeong (36 km), Wŏnju (38 km), Yangp'yŏng (41 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Hongch’ŏn: Children's Day, Buddha's Birthday, Memorial Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Südkorea.
Closest curated airport references from Hongch’ŏn: YNY Gonghang-ro (80 km), GMP Seoul (98 km), CJJ Cheongju (114 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
Seollal and Chuseok are two of the clearest national timing signals that should show up on Korean pages.
Yangyang International AirportYNY
Gonghang-ro · 80 km from Hongch’ŏn
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 51m
Gimpo International AirportGMP
Seoul · 98 km from Hongch’ŏn
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 53m
Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)CJJ
Cheongju · 114 km from Hongch’ŏn
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 54m
Incheon International AirportICN
Seoul · 129 km from Hongch’ŏn
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 55m
Daegu International AirportTAE
Daegu · 211 km from Hongch’ŏn
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 1m
Exchange snapshot
1 KRW = 0.001 EUR · 1 KRW = 0.001 GBP · 1 KRW = 0.001 USD
As of 2026-04-28
On this day
2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
2013: A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
Coordination pulse
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
