Seoul, Güney Kore Güncel Saati — KST.

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.

From Seoul the nearest of our reference hubs are Tokyo (~1,149 km), Singapore (~4,672 km), Dubai (~6,783 km), while São Paulo sits about 18,342 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.

Seoul sits inside Güney Kore — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Seoul, languages Korean, currency KRW (₩).

Gwangmyeong (14 km), Siheungdong (14 km), Guri-si (15 km), Goyang-si (16 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Seoul — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Seoul: Children's Day, Buddha's Birthday, Memorial Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Güney Kore.

Closest curated airport references from Seoul: GMP Seoul (17 km), ICN Seoul (48 km), CJJ Cheongju (105 km).