Indexed entity
Seoul is the seoul-KR record in South Korea: country slug south-korea, city slug seoul, ISO KR, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Seoul.
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Live local time
Seoul, South Korea
07:47:29 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Asia/Seoul
Quick answer
It is currently 07:47:29 PM (KST, UTC+09:00) in Seoul, South Korea — Evening.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
28°C
Partly cloudy
3-day forecast
Tue
27°C
20°C
53% rain
Wed
21°C
18°C
47% rain
Thu
26°C
18°C
45% rain
In 4 days
현충일 (Memorial Day)
Sat, Jun 6, 2026
PublicIn 74 days
광복절 (Liberation Day)
Sat, Aug 15, 2026
PublicIn 114 days
Thu, Sep 24, 2026
PublicUpdated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
South Korean Won
1 USD = 1,517.55 KRW
Quick conversions
Today
Sunrise
05:12 AM
Sunset
07:48 PM
Day length
14h 36m
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 Seoul, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:47 AM UTC.
Current local time
07:47:29 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
KST
Asia/Seoul · UTC+09:00
Next holiday
Memorial Day
Saturday, June 6, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Seoul right now
Nearest airport
GMP
Gimpo International Airport · 17 km
Indexed airports
8
Curated airport references available for South Korea
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Seoul, South Korea.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 19:47 GMT+9
No reference-city overlap right now
Seoul 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
11:47 AM / -8h
New York
06:47 AM / -13h
Los Angeles
03:47 AM / -16h
Schedule risk
Memorial Day on Saturday, June 6, 2026
Travel cue
GMP Seoul, 17 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:12 AM to 07:48 PM, with solar noon around 12:30 PM and total daylight of 14h 36m.
Mapped location
37.57°N, 126.98°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:47 AM / -8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
New York
06:47 AM / -13h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:47 AM / -16h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:47 PM / -5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Singapore
06:47 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 Seoul.
GMP · Gimpo International Airport
Seoul
ICN · Incheon International Airport
Seoul
CJJ · Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)
Cheongju
YNY · Yangyang International Airport
Gonghang-ro
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Asia/Seoul 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 Seoul right now, so use the comparison table below before sending meeting invites.
Check local interruptions
Memorial Day on Saturday, June 6, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: GMP Seoul, 17 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Asia/Seoul. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Seoul has no near-term DST change in view, but Memorial Day can still affect office coverage and local response times.
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 Seoul.
Canonical route
/time/south-korea/seoul/
Catalog identity
seoul-KR · KR · Asia
Coordinate cell
37.57°N, 126.98°E · lat 37.566 · lon 126.978 · cell 3757:12698
Population record
10,349,312 residents · country rank 1
Zone snapshot
Asia/Seoul · GMT+9 · UTC+09:00
January / July offsets
UTC+09:00 / UTC+09:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Incheon, South Korea · 27 km
Nearest world hub
Tokyo · 1,149 km
Closest airport references
GMP Seoul 17 km · ICN Seoul 48 km · CJJ Cheongju 105 km · YNY Gonghang-ro 158 km
Zone peer roster
Busan, South Korea · Incheon, South Korea · Daegu, South Korea
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Seoul: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Seoul is the seoul-KR record in South Korea: country slug south-korea, city slug seoul, ISO KR, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Seoul.
37.57°N, 126.98°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 37 and longitude band 126; exact decimal pair 37.56600, 126.97840.
South Korea: official name Republic of Korea; capital Seoul; region Asia; subregion Eastern Asia; country population 51,159,889; area 100,210 km²; languages Korean; currencies KRW South Korean won. This is the country layer behind the Seoul clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
South Korea: South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands. It has a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul metropolitan area, the ninth most populous metropolitan area in the world, with other major cities being Busan, Daegu, and Incheon. Source: Wikipedia.
Incheon [incheon-KR, KR, Asia/Seoul, 27 km]; Namp’o [namp-o-KP, KP, Asia/Pyongyang, 189 km]; Pyongyang [pyongyang-KP, KP, Asia/Pyongyang, 195 km]; Sunch’ŏn [sunch-on-KP, KP, Asia/Pyongyang, 227 km]; Daegu [daegu-KR, KR, Asia/Seoul, 237 km]; Hamhŭng [hamhung-KP, KP, Asia/Pyongyang, 266 km]; Busan [busan-KR, KR, Asia/Seoul, 330 km]; Vladivostok [vladivostok-RU, RU, Asia/Vladivostok, 742 km]
Seoul is part of this indexed country cluster: Seoul [seoul-KR, Asia/Seoul, pop 10,349,312]; Busan [busan-KR, Asia/Seoul, pop 3,285,147]; Incheon [incheon-KR, Asia/Seoul, pop 3,015,482]; Daegu [daegu-KR, Asia/Seoul, pop 2,365,523].
Tokyo 1,149 km; Singapore 4,672 km; Dubai 6,783 km; Sydney 8,329 km; London 8,857 km; Los Angeles 9,586 km; New York 11,053 km; São Paulo 18,342 km
GMP Gimpo International Airport in Seoul [KR, 17 km]; ICN Incheon International Airport in Seoul [KR, 48 km]; CJJ Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) in Cheongju [KR, 105 km]; YNY Yangyang International Airport in Gonghang-ro [KR, 158 km]; TAE Daegu International Airport in Daegu [KR, 239 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include CJJ Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) in Cheongju [KR]; CJU Jeju International Airport in Jeju City [KR]; GMP Gimpo International Airport in Seoul [KR]; ICN Incheon International Airport in Seoul [KR]; MWX Muan International Airport in Muan (Piseo-ri) [KR]; PUS Gimhae International Airport in Busan [KR]; TAE Daegu International Airport in Daegu [KR]; YNY Yangyang International Airport in Gonghang-ro [KR].
Seoul renders Jun 2, 2026 · 19:47 GMT+9; GMT+9 at UTC+09:00; January UTC+09:00; July UTC+09:00; next holiday Memorial Day on 2026-06-06.
This evidence pack keeps the manual city dossier tied to the concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Seoul.
Seoul is a manual-dossier city; rank #1 of 4 retained South Korea city pages. The route is /time/south-korea/seoul/ and the city id is seoul-KR.
Seoul has 16 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.
Seoul is pinned at 37.57°N, 126.98°E; Incheon (27 km); Tokyo (1,149 km).
Asia/Seoul resolves to stable UTC+09:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside South Korea.
GMP Gimpo International Airport (17 km) · Memorial Day (Saturday, June 6, 2026) · 8 country airport references · 15 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Seoul 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.
Seoul: Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea, and the largest city in the whole of Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, behind New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris, and London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at about 9.6 million residents as of 2024. Seoul is the seat of the South Korean government.
South Korea has not observed DST in civil use since 1988. The local UTC offset (+09:00) is constant year-round.
Seoul 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 126.98°, Seoul's mean solar noon falls about 32 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.
Seoul sits at 37.57°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 14 hours 36 minutes on the June solstice and about 9 hours 24 minutes on the December solstice.
Seoul sits at 37.57°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 14 hours 36 minutes on the June solstice and about 9 hours 24 minutes on the December solstice.
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 20 (14h 46m)
Shortest day
Dec 17 (9h 34m)
Year-round average
12h 12m
Annual swing
5h 12m
See the full daylight curve for Seoul at /sun/seoul/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Seoul local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Seoul |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Public holidays in 2026
15
Capital status
National capital of South Korea
Seoul is the capital and largest city of South Korea with about 9.6 million residents in the city proper and roughly 26 million in the Seoul Capital Area, making it one of the world's largest metropolitan economies. Korea Standard Time (KST, UTC+9) is fixed year-round with no daylight saving. The city is the headquarters of Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and SK Group, anchoring the world's roughly 12th-largest economy. Seoul houses the Blue House (the former presidential residence, replaced in 2022 by Yongsan), the National Assembly, and five UNESCO-listed Joseon-dynasty palaces. Incheon International Airport, serving the metropolitan area, is regularly ranked among the world's top airports by Skytrax.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-09 (manual).
Reference fields include Seoul's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 07:47:29 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Seoul (UTC+09:00, KST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:12 AM to 07:48 PM
Day length 14h 36m · Solar noon 12:30 PM
Next country holiday
Memorial Day
Saturday, June 6, 2026 · Public
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Population
10.3M
Coordinates
37.57, 126.98
Timezone
Asia/Seoul
Indexed airports
8
Capital
Seoul
Languages
Korean
Currency
KRW (₩)
Country area
100,210 km²
Seoul, South Korea (population rank #1 in this dataset). Time zone: Asia/Seoul (KST, UTC+09:00); population ~10.3M.
Coordinates: 37.57°N, 126.98°E. Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, ~4170 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:12 AM and sets around 07:48 PM in Seoul — about 14h 36m of daylight. South Korea stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Incheon (27 km from Seoul) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for South Korea.
Next national holiday: Memorial Day, 2026-06-06.
Seoul is indexed as a Asia city in the KR country record, using Asia/Seoul as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/south-korea/seoul/.
Location context: 37.57°N, 126.98°E; population 10,349,312; nearest indexed city Incheon is about 27 km away; closest reference hub is Tokyo, about 1,149 km away.
Country planning context: capital Seoul; subregion Eastern Asia; languages Korean; currency KRW (₩); area 100,210 km²; 8 curated airport references; next holiday Memorial Day on 2026-06-06.
South Korea has not observed DST in civil use since 1988. The local UTC offset (+09:00) is constant year-round.
Seoul 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 126.98°, Seoul's mean solar noon falls about 32 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.
Seoul sits at 37.57°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 14 hours 36 minutes on the June solstice and about 9 hours 24 minutes on the December solstice.
Megacity with roughly 10.3 million urban residents — among the largest metropolitan areas in the world.
Related clock anchors for Seoul: Busan (same time), San Francisco (−16h), Los Angeles (−16h), Tokyo (same time), New York City (−13h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
south-korea
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
KST
IANA Zone
Asia/Seoul
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 Seoul.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Seoul: closest hubs Tokyo (~1,149 km), Singapore (~4,672 km), Dubai (~6,783 km); farthest indexed hub São Paulo (~18,342 km).
Seoul sits inside South Korea — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Seoul, languages Korean, currency KRW (₩).
Closest indexed cities to Seoul: Incheon (27 km), Namp’o (189 km), Pyongyang (195 km), Sunch’ŏn (227 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Seoul: Memorial Day, Liberation Day, Chuseok. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for South Korea.
Closest curated airport references from Seoul: GMP Seoul (17 km), ICN Seoul (48 km), CJJ Cheongju (105 km).
Korea is a strong compare and meeting-planner market because it sits cleanly in the East Asia business day.
Gimpo International AirportGMP
Seoul · 17 km from Seoul
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
Incheon International AirportICN
Seoul · 48 km from Seoul
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 49m
Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)CJJ
Cheongju · 105 km from Seoul
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 53m
Yangyang International AirportYNY
Gonghang-ro · 158 km from Seoul
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 57m
Daegu International AirportTAE
Daegu · 239 km from Seoul
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 3m
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 | 11:47 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:47 AM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:47 AM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:47 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:47 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:47 PM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:47 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:47 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Seoul is in the Asia/Seoul timezone (KST), with a UTC offset of +09:00.
Seoul 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 Seoul is UTC+09:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Seoul, 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 · 19:47 GMT+9. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Seoul sits at 37.57°N, 126.98°E in South Korea, with about 10.3M residents (rank #1 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Seoul is Tokyo, about 1,149 km away as the crow flies.
Incheon is the closest indexed city, roughly 27 km from Seoul.
Gimpo International Airport (GMP) is the closest curated airport reference, about 17 km from Seoul.
Memorial Day is the next upcoming holiday in South Korea, on Saturday, June 6, 2026.
Seoul uses South Korean won (KRW, symbol ₩) as the local currency of South Korea.
The longest day of 2026 in Seoul falls on Jun 20 with about 14h 46m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 17 with 9h 34m; the year-round average is 12h 12m.
In Seoul 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.