Myŏngch’ŏnNorth Korea
Current time in Myŏngch’ŏn, North Korea
Friday, 16 October 2026
Korean Standard TimeUTC+09:00
⛶ Full-screen clockMyŏngch’ŏn time at a glance
- Country
- North Korea
- Location
- City in North Hamgyong
- Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang- UTC offset now
UTC+09:00- Current zone label
- GMT+9
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Time-zone identity for Myŏngch’ŏn
- 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.
Myŏngch’ŏn is currently 9 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Myŏngch’ŏn
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 21 October 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Myŏngch’ŏn
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 Myŏngch’ŏn
Location details for Myŏngch’ŏn in North Hamgyong, North Korea.
- Administrative area
- North Hamgyong, North Korea
- Population
- 65,797
- Coordinates
- 41.0706° N, 129.4292° E. The elevation is 234 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Myŏngch’ŏn
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Myŏngch’ŏn. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Myŏnggan-dongNorth Hamgyong, North Korea9.2 km northeast
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - KiljuNorth Hamgyong, North Korea15 km southwest
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - HwasŏngNorth Hamgyong, North Korea21 km north
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - HwadaeNorth Hamgyong, North Korea26 km south
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - ŎrangNorth Hamgyong, North Korea46 km northeast
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - KyŏngsŏngNorth Hamgyong, North Korea59 km north
Asia/PyongyangSame local time
Sources for Myŏngch’ŏn time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 sources
- 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.