South Korea · KST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Daegu, 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 Daegu 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 Daegu 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 Daegu lines up with 09:00–10:00 in London. Daegu 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 Daegu 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 Daegu.
Practical Info
Daegu (South Korea) is home to roughly 2.4M people. Today brings about 14.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:06, sunset at 19:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 36° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
South Korea
Capital
Seoul
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
KST · Asia/Seoul
Coordinates
35.87°N, 128.60°E
Currency
KRW (₩)
Calling Code
+82
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Korean
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Yangnyeongsi in Daegu has traded herbal medicine since 1658, which makes it one of the oldest continuously operating medicine markets in the world. It still supplies a large share of Korea's traditional pharmacopoeia.
The clock: Daegu sits in a basin that makes it reliably the hottest city in South Korea, with summer highs regularly over 35°C on the same UTC+9 as the cooler coast.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap