Indexed entity
Sunch’ŏn is the sunch-on-KP record in North Korea: country slug north-korea, city slug sunch-on, ISO KP, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Pyongyang.
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Live local time
Sunch’ŏn, North Korea
07:45:08 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Asia/Pyongyang
Quick answer
It is currently 07:45:08 PM (KST, UTC+09:00) in Sunch’ŏn, North Korea — Evening.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
28°C
Partly cloudy
3-day forecast
Tue
24°C
18°C
59% rain
Wed
21°C
17°C
49% rain
Thu
25°C
16°C
65% rain
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
KPW
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
Today
Sunrise
05:10 AM
Sunset
07:57 PM
Day length
14h 47m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Sunch’ŏn, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:45 AM UTC.
Current local time
07:45:08 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
KST
Asia/Pyongyang · UTC+09:00
Next holiday
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Business overlap now
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Sunch’ŏn right now
Nearest airport
FNJ
Pyongyang Sunan International Airport · 32 km
Indexed airports
1
Curated airport references available for North Korea
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Sunch’ŏn, North Korea.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 19:45 GMT+9
No reference-city overlap right now
Sunch’ŏn is currently outside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
Out of window
Offset now
UTC+09:00
Zone label
GMT+9
London
11:45 AM / -8h
New York
06:45 AM / -13h
Los Angeles
03:45 AM / -16h
Schedule risk
No upcoming country holiday signal in view
Travel cue
FNJ Pyongyang, 32 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:10 AM to 07:57 PM, with solar noon around 12:34 PM and total daylight of 14h 47m.
Mapped location
39.43°N, 125.93°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:45 AM / -8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
New York
06:45 AM / -13h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:45 AM / -16h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:45 PM / -5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Singapore
06:45 PM / -1h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Sunch’ŏn.
FNJ · Pyongyang Sunan International Airport
Pyongyang
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Asia/Pyongyang for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+09:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+09:00.
Pick a live coordination window
No reference city overlaps Sunch’ŏn right now, so use the comparison table below before sending meeting invites.
Check local interruptions
No upcoming country holiday signal in view. Nearest curated airport reference: FNJ Pyongyang, 32 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Asia/Pyongyang. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Sunch’ŏn has no near-term DST change or holiday interruption in view, but future rules can still be revised by local authorities.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Sunch’ŏn.
Canonical route
/time/north-korea/sunch-on/
Catalog identity
sunch-on-KP · KP · Asia
Coordinate cell
39.43°N, 125.93°E · lat 39.432 · lon 125.933 · cell 3943:12593
Population record
437,000 residents · country rank 4
Zone snapshot
Asia/Pyongyang · GMT+9 · UTC+09:00
January / July offsets
UTC+09:00 / UTC+09:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Pyongyang, North Korea · 47 km
Nearest world hub
Tokyo · 1,278 km
Closest airport references
FNJ Pyongyang 32 km
Zone peer roster
Pyongyang, North Korea · Hamhŭng, North Korea · Namp’o, North Korea
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Sunch’ŏn: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Sunch’ŏn is the sunch-on-KP record in North Korea: country slug north-korea, city slug sunch-on, ISO KP, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Pyongyang.
39.43°N, 125.93°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 39 and longitude band 125; exact decimal pair 39.43167, 125.93278.
North Korea: official name Democratic People's Republic of Korea; capital Pyongyang; region Asia; subregion Eastern Asia; country population 25,950,000; area 120,538 km²; languages Korean; currencies KPW North Korean won. This is the country layer behind the Sunch’ŏn clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
North Korea: North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city. Source: Wikipedia.
Pyongyang [pyongyang-KP, KP, Asia/Pyongyang, 47 km]; Namp’o [namp-o-KP, KP, Asia/Pyongyang, 90 km]; Hamhŭng [hamhung-KP, KP, Asia/Pyongyang, 148 km]; Seoul [seoul-KR, KR, Asia/Seoul, 227 km]; Incheon [incheon-KR, KR, Asia/Seoul, 230 km]; Daegu [daegu-KR, KR, Asia/Seoul, 460 km]; Busan [busan-KR, KR, Asia/Seoul, 554 km]; Vladivostok [vladivostok-RU, RU, Asia/Vladivostok, 643 km]
Sunch’ŏn is part of this indexed country cluster: Pyongyang [pyongyang-KP, Asia/Pyongyang, pop 3,222,000]; Hamhŭng [hamhung-KP, Asia/Pyongyang, pop 559,056]; Namp’o [namp-o-KP, Asia/Pyongyang, pop 455,000]; Sunch’ŏn [sunch-on-KP, Asia/Pyongyang, pop 437,000].
Tokyo 1,278 km; Singapore 4,791 km; Dubai 6,658 km; Sydney 8,555 km; London 8,633 km; Los Angeles 9,517 km; New York 10,877 km; São Paulo 18,116 km
FNJ Pyongyang Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang [KP, 32 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include FNJ Pyongyang Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang [KP].
Sunch’ŏn renders Jun 2, 2026 · 19:45 GMT+9; GMT+9 at UTC+09:00; January UTC+09:00; July UTC+09:00; next holiday not currently surfaced.
This evidence pack is what keeps smaller city pages from reading like timezone templates: concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Sunch’ŏn.
Sunch’ŏn is a context-and-reference city; rank #4 of 4 retained North Korea city pages. The route is /time/north-korea/sunch-on/ and the city id is sunch-on-KP.
Sunch’ŏn has 14 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Sunch’ŏn is pinned at 39.43°N, 125.93°E; Pyongyang (47 km); Tokyo (1,278 km).
Asia/Pyongyang resolves to stable UTC+09:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside North Korea.
FNJ Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (32 km) · no upcoming public-holiday signal in view · 1 country airport reference · 0 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Sunch’ŏn uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Sunchon: Sunch'ŏn is a city in South Pyongan province, North Korea. It has a population of 297,317, and is home to various manufacturing plants. The city is on the Taedong River.
North Korea adopted Pyongyang Time at UTC+8:30 in August 2015, then realigned to UTC+9 in May 2018 to match South Korea.
North Korea adopted Pyongyang Time at UTC+8:30 in August 2015, then realigned to UTC+9 in May 2018 to match South Korea.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+09:00) is constant year-round.
Sunch’ŏn is listed in the dataset snapshot as 9 hours ahead of UTC (offset +09:00). 8 hours ahead of London, on the same clock as Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 125.93°, Sunch’ŏn's mean solar noon falls about 36 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 16 (14h 57m)
Shortest day
Dec 18 (9h 23m)
Year-round average
12h 12m
Annual swing
5h 34m
See the full daylight curve for Sunch’ŏn at /sun/sunch-on/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Sunch’ŏn local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Sunch’ŏn |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 22:00 - 06:00 (next day) |
| London | Europe/London | 17:00 - 01:00 (next day) |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 16:00 - 00:00 (next day) |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 14:00 - 22:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 12:30 - 20:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 09:00 - 17:00 |
Reference fields include Sunch’ŏn's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 07:45:08 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Sunch’ŏn (UTC+09:00, KST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:10 AM to 07:57 PM
Day length 14h 47m · Solar noon 12:34 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Sunch’ŏn local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Adobe MAX 2026
keynoteTuesday, November 10, 2026
161 days to go
NeurIPS 2026
keynoteSunday, December 6, 2026
187 days to go
Xbox Games Showcase 2026
keynoteSunday, June 7, 2026
5 days to go
Code with Claude Tokyo 2026
keynoteWednesday, June 10, 2026
8 days to go
ICML 2026
keynoteMonday, July 6, 2026
34 days to go
Population
437K
Coordinates
39.43, 125.93
Timezone
Asia/Pyongyang
Indexed airports
1
Capital
Pyongyang
Languages
Korean
Currency
KPW (₩)
Country area
120,538 km²
Sunch’ŏn, North Korea (population rank #4 in this dataset). Time zone: Asia/Pyongyang (KST, UTC+09:00); population ~437K.
Coordinates: 39.43°N, 125.93°E. Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, ~4377 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:10 AM and sets around 07:57 PM in Sunch’ŏn — about 14h 47m of daylight. North Korea stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Pyongyang (47 km from Sunch’ŏn) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for North Korea.
Sunch’ŏn is indexed as a Asia city in the KP country record, using Asia/Pyongyang as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/north-korea/sunch-on/.
Location context: 39.43°N, 125.93°E; population 437,000; nearest indexed city Pyongyang is about 47 km away; closest reference hub is Tokyo, about 1,278 km away.
Country planning context: capital Pyongyang; subregion Eastern Asia; languages Korean; currency KPW (₩); area 120,538 km²; 1 curated airport references; no upcoming holiday signal currently in view.
North Korea adopted Pyongyang Time at UTC+8:30 in August 2015, then realigned to UTC+9 in May 2018 to match South Korea.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+09:00) is constant year-round.
Sunch’ŏn is listed in the dataset snapshot as 9 hours ahead of UTC (offset +09:00). 8 hours ahead of London, on the same clock as Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 125.93°, Sunch’ŏn's mean solar noon falls about 36 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Sunch’ŏn sits at 39.43°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 14 hours 47 minutes on the June solstice and about 9 hours 13 minutes on the December solstice.
Mid-sized city with around 437 thousand residents — busy enough to keep regular international business hours, small enough to retain a regional character. (Sunch’ŏn city-proper figure.)
Related clock anchors for Sunch’ŏn: Pyongyang (same time), San Francisco (−16h), Los Angeles (−16h), New York City (−13h), Tokyo (same time).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
north-korea
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
KST
IANA Zone
Asia/Pyongyang
UTC Offset
UTC+09:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
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 Sunch’ŏn.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Sunch’ŏn: closest hubs Tokyo (~1,278 km), Singapore (~4,791 km), Dubai (~6,658 km); farthest indexed hub São Paulo (~18,116 km).
Sunch’ŏn sits inside North Korea — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Pyongyang, languages Korean, currency KPW (₩).
Closest indexed cities to Sunch’ŏn: Pyongyang (47 km), Namp’o (90 km), Hamhŭng (148 km), Seoul (227 km).
Closest curated airport references from Sunch’ŏn: FNJ Pyongyang (32 km).
Pyongyang Sunan International AirportFNJ
Pyongyang · 32 km from Sunch’ŏn
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:45 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:45 AM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:45 AM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:45 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:45 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:45 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:45 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:45 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Sunch’ŏn is in the Asia/Pyongyang timezone (KST), with a UTC offset of +09:00.
Sunch’ŏn does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+09:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Sunch’ŏn is UTC+09:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Sunch’ŏn, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 19:45 GMT+9. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Sunch’ŏn sits at 39.43°N, 125.93°E in North Korea, with about 437K residents (rank #4 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Sunch’ŏn is Tokyo, about 1,278 km away as the crow flies.
Pyongyang is the closest indexed city, roughly 47 km from Sunch’ŏn.
Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ) is the closest curated airport reference, about 32 km from Sunch’ŏn.
Sunch’ŏn uses North Korean won (KPW, symbol ₩) as the local currency of North Korea.
The longest day of 2026 in Sunch’ŏn falls on Jun 16 with about 14h 57m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 18 with 9h 23m; the year-round average is 12h 12m.
In Sunch’ŏn local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 22:00-06:00 (next day); London 17:00-01:00 (next day); Frankfurt 16:00-00:00 (next day); Dubai 14:00-22:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.