Seoul to Dubai Time Converter

Seoul is 5 hours ahead of Dubai · Seoul UTC+9 · Dubai UTC+4

🇰🇷 Seoul

🇦🇪 Dubai

Best time to connect

Working hours overlap: 2pm–6pm Seoul time. That's the window when both cities are in a typical 9-to-5 workday — ideal for calls and meetings.

Seoul ↔ Dubai time difference explained

Seoul is 5 hours ahead of Dubai. Seoul, South Korea runs on Asia/Seoul (UTC+9) while Dubai, UAE uses Asia/Dubai (UTC+4). The converter above stays accurate through daylight saving changes because it reads live UTC offsets rather than fixed values. Whether you're coordinating remote work, booking a call, or planning travel between Seoul and Dubai, the working-hours overlap panel shows exactly when both cities are awake and at their desks.

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Hour-by-hour: Seoul to Dubai

When it's this time in Seoul, here's the time in Dubai — all 24 hours, in both 24-hour and 12-hour (am/pm) format.

00:00 · 12am19:00 · 7pm (−1d)

01:00 · 1am20:00 · 8pm (−1d)

02:00 · 2am21:00 · 9pm (−1d)

03:00 · 3am22:00 · 10pm (−1d)

04:00 · 4am23:00 · 11pm (−1d)

05:00 · 5am00:00 · 12am

06:00 · 6am01:00 · 1am

07:00 · 7am02:00 · 2am

08:00 · 8am03:00 · 3am

09:00 · 9am04:00 · 4am

10:00 · 10am05:00 · 5am

11:00 · 11am06:00 · 6am

12:00 · 12pm07:00 · 7am

13:00 · 1pm08:00 · 8am

14:00 · 2pm09:00 · 9am

15:00 · 3pm10:00 · 10am

16:00 · 4pm11:00 · 11am

17:00 · 5pm12:00 · 12pm

18:00 · 6pm13:00 · 1pm

19:00 · 7pm14:00 · 2pm

20:00 · 8pm15:00 · 3pm

21:00 · 9pm16:00 · 4pm

22:00 · 10pm17:00 · 5pm

23:00 · 11pm18:00 · 6pm

Seoul keeps Korea Standard Time (KST, UTC+9) all year. Dubai keeps Gulf Standard Time (GST, UTC+4) all year. On those offsets the time in the UAE is 5 hours behind the time in South Korea: 9am in Seoul is 4am, 12pm in Seoul is 7am, 2pm in Seoul is 9am, and 8pm in Seoul is 3pm in Dubai.

Frequently asked questions

What is the time difference between Seoul and Dubai?

Seoul is 5 hours ahead of Dubai. Seoul is UTC+9 and Dubai is UTC+4. The live converter above updates every second and accounts for daylight saving time automatically.

When it's 9am in Seoul, what time is it in Dubai?

When it's 9am in Seoul, it's 4:00 in Dubai (seoul is 5 hours ahead of dubai).

What's the best time to schedule a call between Seoul and Dubai?

The "best time to connect" panel above shows the live working-hours overlap — the window when both Seoul and Dubai are within a typical 9-to-5 workday, ideal for meetings and calls.

Do Seoul and Dubai observe daylight saving time?

Both cities' current UTC offsets are shown live above and adjust automatically when either region enters or leaves daylight saving time, so the converter is always accurate.