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Live local time
Gwangju, Corea del Sud
04:57:46 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Seoul
Gwangju
City in South Korea
Ora locale attuale
04:57:46 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuso orario
KST
Asia/Seoul · UTC+09:00
Prossima festività
Children's Day
martedì 5 maggio 2026 · Public
Sovrapposizione lavorativa ora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Gwangju right now
Aeroporto più vicino
MWX
Muan International Airport · 52 km
Aeroporti indicizzati
8
Curated airport references available for Corea del Sud
Snapshot at render time: 04:57:46 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Gwangju (UTC+09:00, KST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
9°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 8°C · Humidity 80% · Wind 3 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:43 AM to 07:16 PM
Day length 13h 33m · Solar noon 12:30 PM
Next country holiday
Children's Day
martedì 5 maggio 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Gwangju local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Pentecost 2026
religiousdomenica 24 maggio 2026
26 days to go
Hajj 2026
religiouslunedì 25 maggio 2026
27 days to go
Memorial Day (US) 2026
festival-secularlunedì 25 maggio 2026
27 days to go
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
release-gamemartedì 26 maggio 2026
28 days to go
007 First Light
release-gamemercoledì 27 maggio 2026
29 days to go
Eid al-Adha 2026
festival-islamicmercoledì 27 maggio 2026
29 days to go
Population
1.4M
Coordinates
35.15, 126.92
Timezone
Asia/Seoul
Aeroporti indicizzati
8
Capital
Seoul
Languages
Korean
Currency
KRW (₩)
Country area
100,210 km²
Local time in Gwangju runs on the KST, UTC+09:00 clock; with roughly 1.4M residents the city (rank #6 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Corea del Sud.
Gwangju sits at 35.15°N, 126.92°E; that's the mid-latitudes (Northern Hemisphere, ~3902 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 05:43 AM and sets around 07:16 PM in Gwangju — about 13h 33m of daylight. Corea del Sud stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Masan (8 km from Gwangju) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Corea del Sud.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Children's Day on 2026-05-05, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Gwangju.
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 Gwangju.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 08:57 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 03:57 PM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 12:57 PM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 11:57 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 03:57 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 04:57 AM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 05:57 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 04:57 PM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Masan
Corea del Sud
Approx. 8 km away
Hwasun
Corea del Sud
Approx. 12 km away
Damyang
Corea del Sud
Approx. 19 km away
Jangseong
Corea del Sud
Approx. 20 km away
Naju
Corea del Sud
Approx. 23 km away
Koch'ang
Corea del Sud
Approx. 37 km away
Yeonggwang
Corea del Sud
Approx. 39 km away
Muan
Corea del Sud
Approx. 44 km away
Gwangju si trova nel fuso orario Asia/Seoul (KST), con uno scostamento UTC di +09:00.
Gwangju non sta attualmente osservando l'ora legale.
Lo scostamento UTC attuale per Gwangju è UTC+09:00.
Gwangju sits at 35.15°N, 126.92°E in Corea del Sud, with about 1.4M residents (rank #6 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Gwangju is Tokyo, about 1,155 km away as the crow flies.
Masan is the closest indexed city, roughly 8 km from Gwangju.
Muan International Airport (MWX) is the closest curated airport reference, about 52 km from Gwangju.
Children's Day is the next upcoming holiday in Corea del Sud, on martedì 5 maggio 2026.
Gwangju, formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until its promotion to a metropolitan city in 2005, upon which the provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak in Muan County.
Reading Gwangju against the global hubs: Tokyo (~1,155 km), Singapore (~4,454 km), Dubai (~6,831 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~18,582 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Gwangju sits inside Corea del Sud — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Seoul, languages Korean, currency KRW (₩).
The closest mapped neighbors of Gwangju are Masan (8 km), Hwasun (12 km), Damyang (19 km), Jangseong (20 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Gwangju: Children's Day, Buddha's Birthday, Memorial Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Corea del Sud.
Closest curated airport references from Gwangju: MWX Muan (Piseo-ri) (52 km), TAE Daegu (178 km), CJJ Cheongju (181 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.
Muan International AirportMWX
Muan (Piseo-ri) · 52 km from Gwangju
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 49m
Daegu International AirportTAE
Daegu · 178 km from Gwangju
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 59m
Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)CJJ
Cheongju · 181 km from Gwangju
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 59m
Gimhae International AirportPUS
Busan · 184 km from Gwangju
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 59m
Jeju International AirportCJU
Jeju City · 187 km from Gwangju
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 59m
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
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
