Samch’ŏnNorth Korea
Current time in Samch’ŏn, North Korea
Friday, 25 September 2026
Korean Standard TimeUTC+09:00
⛶ Full-screen clockSamch’ŏn time at a glance
- Country
- North Korea
- Location
- City in South Hwanghae
- 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 Samch’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.
Samch’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 Samch’ŏn
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Samch’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 Samch’ŏn
Location details for Samch’ŏn in South Hwanghae, North Korea.
- Administrative area
- South Hwanghae, North Korea
- Population
- 86,042
- Coordinates
- 38.3594° N, 125.3259° E. The elevation is 46 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Samch’ŏn
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Samch’ŏn. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Sinch’ŏn-ŭpSouth Hwanghae, North Korea14 km east
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - SonghwaSouth Hwanghae, North Korea16 km west
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - ŬllyulSouth Hwanghae, North Korea21 km northwest
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - ChangyŏnSouth Hwanghae, North Korea23 km southwest
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭpSouth Hwanghae, North Korea25 km north
Asia/PyongyangSame local time - Chaeryŏng-ŭpSouth Hwanghae, North Korea26 km east
Asia/PyongyangSame local time
Sources for Samch’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.