Current Time in Seoul

Quick answer: Seoul uses Korea Standard Time (KST) · UTC+9 year-round · no daylight saving.

Seoul uses Korea Standard Time (KST), which is UTC+9, and South Korea doesn't use daylight saving today. The Asia/Seoul zone covers Busan, Incheon, Daegu and the rest of the country.

KST is the same offset as Japan Standard Time, so Seoul and Tokyo read the same clock all year. Beijing, Singapore and Hong Kong are all one hour behind. 10:00 AM in Seoul is 9:00 AM in Singapore.

Meeting gaps with the West change by an hour twice a year, because London and the US move their clocks and Seoul doesn't. 9:00 AM in Seoul is 12:00 AM in January and 1:00 AM in July in London. In Los Angeles it's 4:00 PM the previous day in January and 5:00 PM the previous day in July.

South Korea used daylight saving time in the summers of 1987 and 1988, which included the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and the clocks have not moved since October 9, 1988. Seoul, Busan and the rest of the country are on UTC+9 all year, so the table shows every change since 1970.

The time zone database has no clock change for Seoul between 2026 and 2028.

From Singapore, 8:00 AM is 9:00 AM in Seoul. From London, 7:00 AM is 4:00 PM in January and 3:00 PM in July in Seoul, which is Seoul's late afternoon.

From Los Angeles, call Seoul the next morning: 4:00 PM in Los Angeles is 9:00 AM the next day in January and 8:00 AM the next day in July in Seoul.

For a live overlap finder, use the meeting scheduler or convert an exact time with the time zone converter.