Kowŏn-ŭpNorth Korea
Current time in Kowŏn-ŭp, North Korea
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Korean Standard TimeUTC+09:00
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- Country
- North Korea
- Location
- City in South Hamgyong
- Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang- UTC offset now
UTC+09:00- Current zone label
- GMT+9
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Kowŏn-ŭp
Conditions near Kowŏn-ŭp and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Light rain shower
- Feels like
- 22°C
- Humidity
- 88%
- Wind
- 16.9 km/h NE
- Recent precipitation
- 0.7 mm
3-day forecast
- Light rain shower21°C to 22°C92% chance of precipitationWind up to 20.2 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby21°C to 23°C75% chance of precipitationWind up to 13.7 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby21°C to 23°C82% chance of precipitationWind up to 21.2 km/h
Forecast valid from 07:45 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T22:48:15.700Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T23:03:15.700Z.
Time-zone identity for Kowŏn-ŭp
- IANA zone
Asia/Pyongyang- UTC offset now
- UTC+09:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+9
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Kowŏn-ŭp is currently 9 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Kowŏn-ŭp
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Monday, 6 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Kowŏn-ŭp
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Pyongyang, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Kowŏn-ŭp
Location details for Kowŏn-ŭp in South Hamgyong, North Korea.
- Administrative area
- South Hamgyong, North Korea
- Population
- 21,490
- Coordinates
- 39.4381° N, 127.2431° E. The elevation is 9 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Kowŏn-ŭp
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Kowŏn-ŭp. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- HŭngnamSouth Hamgyong, North Korea56 km northeast
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - HamhŭngSouth Hamgyong, North Korea59 km northeast
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - Yŏnggwang-ŭpSouth Hamgyong, North Korea67 km north
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - Samho-rodongjaguSouth Hamgyong, North Korea78 km northeast
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - HongwŏnSouth Hamgyong, North Korea89 km northeast
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - Yuktae-dongSouth Hamgyong, North Korea102 km northeast
Asia/PyongyangSame local time
Sources for Kowŏn-ŭp time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
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- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.