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Hongwŏn, Noord-Korea
07:37:35 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Pyongyang
Hongwon County
County in South Hamgyong Province, North Korea
Huidige lokale tijd
07:37:35 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Tijdzone
KST
Asia/Pyongyang · UTC+09:00
Volgende feestdag
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Zakelijke overlap nu
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Hongwŏn right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
FNJ
Pyongyang Sunan International Airport · 215 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
1
Curated airport references available for Noord-Korea
Snapshot at render time: 07:37:35 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Hongwŏn (UTC+09:00, KST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
12°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 11°C · Humidity 76% · Wind 5 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:30 AM to 07:20 PM
Day length 13h 50m · Solar noon 12:25 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Hongwŏn local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 2026 Peak
spacewoensdag 6 mei 2026
7 days to go
Code with Claude San Francisco 2026
keynotewoensdag 6 mei 2026
7 days to go
Mother's Day (US) 2026
festival-secularzondag 10 mei 2026
11 days to go
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techdinsdag 12 mei 2026
13 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalvrijdag 15 mei 2026
16 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynotevrijdag 15 mei 2026
16 days to go
Population
70.9K
Coordinates
40.03, 127.96
Timezone
Asia/Pyongyang
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
1
Capital
Pyongyang
Languages
Korean
Currency
KPW (₩)
Country area
120,538 km²
Local time in Hongwŏn runs on the KST, UTC+09:00 clock; with roughly 70.9K residents the city (rank #41 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Noord-Korea.
Geographically, Hongwŏn is at 40.03°N, 127.96°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's mid-latitudes, about 4443 km from the equator, with clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 05:30 AM and sets around 07:20 PM in Hongwŏn — about 13h 50m of daylight. Noord-Korea stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Samho-rodongjagu (11 km from Hongwŏn) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Noord-Korea.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
KST
IANA Zone
Asia/Pyongyang
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 Hongwŏn.
Hongwŏn County (Hongwon-gun) is a county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is flanked by the Sea of Japan to the south, and by the Hamgyŏng Mountains to the north.
From Hongwŏn the nearest of our reference hubs are Tokyo (~1,134 km), Singapore (~4,943 km), Dubai (~6,817 km), while São Paulo sits about 18,114 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Hongwŏn sits inside Noord-Korea — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Pyongyang, languages Korean, currency KPW (₩).
Samho-rodongjagu (11 km), Yuktae-dong (17 km), Sinp’o (20 km), Hŭngnam (34 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Hongwŏn — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Closest curated airport references from Hongwŏn: FNJ Pyongyang (215 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.
Pyongyang Sunan International AirportFNJ
Pyongyang · 215 km from Hongwŏn
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 2m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
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
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:37 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:37 AM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:37 AM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:37 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:37 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:37 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:37 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:37 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Samho-rodongjagu
Noord-Korea
Approx. 11 km away
Yuktae-dong
Noord-Korea
Approx. 17 km away
Sinp’o
Noord-Korea
Approx. 20 km away
Hŭngnam
Noord-Korea
Approx. 34 km away
Hamhŭng
Noord-Korea
Approx. 38 km away
Yŏnggwang-ŭp
Noord-Korea
Approx. 43 km away
Iwŏn-ŭp
Noord-Korea
Approx. 68 km away
Kowŏn-ŭp
Noord-Korea
Approx. 89 km away
Hongwŏn bevindt zich in de tijdzone Asia/Pyongyang (KST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +09:00.
Hongwŏn hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Hongwŏn is UTC+09:00.
Hongwŏn sits at 40.03°N, 127.96°E in Noord-Korea, with about 70.9K residents (rank #41 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Hongwŏn is Tokyo, about 1,134 km away as the crow flies.
Samho-rodongjagu is the closest indexed city, roughly 11 km from Hongwŏn.
Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ) is the closest curated airport reference, about 215 km from Hongwŏn.