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Busan

UTC+9

South Korea · KST

Summer
09:43:13Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:06↓ 19:4224:00
Sunrise
05:06
Sunset
19:42
Daylight
14.6hrs
Population
3.4M
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Busan, South Korea runs on UTC+9. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 13-hour difference between Busan and New York. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 8-hour difference between Busan and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 17:00–18:00 in Busan lines up with 09:00–10:00 in London. Busan and Tokyo currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Busan lines up with 09:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Seoul, Pyongyang, Osaka. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Busan.

Practical Info

Busan (South Korea) is home to roughly 3.4M people. Today brings about 14.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:06, sunset at 19:42. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 35° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

South Korea

South Korea

Capital

Seoul

Continent

Asia

Time Zone

KST · Asia/Seoul

Coordinates

35.18°N, 129.08°E

Currency

KRW (₩)

Calling Code

+82

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Korean

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

A Cemetery for Twenty-One Nations

The UN Memorial Cemetery in Busan is the only United Nations cemetery in the world, holding the graves of soldiers from eleven countries who died in the Korean War. Every 11 November at 11:00 Busan time, participating nations observe a simultaneous minute of silence toward it.

The clock: Busan keeps UTC+9. South Korea briefly used UTC+8:30 in the 1950s and again considered returning to it in 2015.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

3h overlap
BusanUTC+9
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824