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Kanggye, Noord-Korea
10:42:39 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Pyongyang
Kanggye
Municipal City in Chagang Province, North Korea
Huidige lokale tijd
10:42:39 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 Kanggye right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
FNJ
Pyongyang Sunan International Airport · 209 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
1
Curated airport references available for Noord-Korea
Snapshot at render time: 10:42:39 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Kanggye (UTC+09:00, KST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
11°C, Clear sky
Feels like 8°C · Humidity 53% · Wind 2 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:34 AM to 07:27 PM
Day length 13h 53m · Solar noon 12:31 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kanggye local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Memorial Day (US) 2026
festival-secularmaandag 25 mei 2026
26 days to go
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
release-gamedinsdag 26 mei 2026
27 days to go
007 First Light
release-gamewoensdag 27 mei 2026
28 days to go
Eid al-Adha 2026
festival-islamicwoensdag 27 mei 2026
28 days to go
Blue Moon — May 31, 2026 (Monthly)
spacezondag 31 mei 2026
32 days to go
Colombia 2026 Presidential Election
electionzondag 31 mei 2026
32 days to go
Population
209.5K
Coordinates
40.97, 126.59
Timezone
Asia/Pyongyang
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
1
Capital
Pyongyang
Languages
Korean
Currency
KPW (₩)
Country area
120,538 km²
Read time for Kanggye from the Asia/Pyongyang zone (KST, UTC+09:00); the city carries roughly 209.5K residents and ranks #15 among curated Noord-Korea entries.
Kanggye sits at 40.97°N, 126.59°E; that's the mid-latitudes (Northern Hemisphere, ~4548 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 05:34 AM and sets around 07:27 PM in Kanggye — about 13h 53m of daylight. Noord-Korea stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Sijung (21 km from Kanggye) 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 Kanggye.
Kanggye is the provincial capital of Chagang, North Korea and has a population of 251,971. Because of its strategic importance, derived from its topography, it has been of military interest from the time of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).
Reading Kanggye against the global hubs: Tokyo (~1,281 km), Singapore (~4,964 km), Dubai (~6,686 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~17,978 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Kanggye sits inside Noord-Korea — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Pyongyang, languages Korean, currency KPW (₩).
The closest mapped neighbors of Kanggye are Sijung (21 km), Manp’o (32 km), Kop’ung (67 km), Yŏch’im-dong (68 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Closest curated airport references from Kanggye: FNJ Pyongyang (209 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 · 209 km from Kanggye
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 1m
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 | 02:42 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 09:42 AM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 06:42 AM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 05:42 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 09:42 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 10:42 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 11:42 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 10:42 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Kanggye bevindt zich in de tijdzone Asia/Pyongyang (KST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +09:00.
Kanggye hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Kanggye is UTC+09:00.
Kanggye sits at 40.97°N, 126.59°E in Noord-Korea, with about 209.5K residents (rank #15 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kanggye is Tokyo, about 1,281 km away as the crow flies.
Sijung is the closest indexed city, roughly 21 km from Kanggye.
Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ) is the closest curated airport reference, about 209 km from Kanggye.
