P'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea

Current time in P'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea

The live clock for P'yŏngan-bukto is a province-wide civil-time reference. Whether a location is on the coast, beside the border, or inland, its official setting remains nine hours ahead of UTC. The province name is also written as North Pyongan or P’yongan-bukto. These labels describe the same region and do not represent different time entries. For international planning, pairing the UTC offset with the place name avoids ambiguity.

Local standard: Korea Standard Time Fixed offset: UTC+9 Clock changes in spring or autumn: none Time difference from Pyongyang: none A river can divide two countries more easily than it can persuade their clocks to agree.

Principal cities of the province

Sinuiju is the provincial capital and the best-known urban center of P'yŏngan-bukto. It stands on the Yalu River opposite the Chinese city of Dandong. Although the two cities face each other across the border, they follow their respective national time standards.

Chongju and Kusong are other cities within the province. Additional mapped places include Uiju, Yongbyon, Unsan, and Sakju. All use North Korea’s single national zone, so there is no need to choose a separate offset for an inland county.

The border setting makes careful conversion especially useful. A short geographic distance does not imply an identical local hour when the places belong to countries with different official offsets. Always base a meeting or transport plan on the named side of the border.

Sunrise in northwestern North Korea

As a northwestern province, P'yŏngan-bukto has daylight patterns shaped by both latitude and longitude. Sinuiju can serve as a western reference, but a calculation for Kusong or an inland county may differ. Seasonal changes also alter the span between dawn and dusk.

Match the calculation to the closest settlement. Confirm that the page is using UTC+9. Check the date after converting from a foreign time zone. Allow for mountains, riverbanks, and buildings when judging visible sunlight.

Calculated sunrise marks when the Sun reaches the horizon under a standard astronomical definition. A person in a valley or behind an obstruction may see direct sunlight later. First light occurs before sunrise and should be checked separately when planning an early departure.