Seoul to New York Time Converter

Seoul is 13 hours ahead of New York · Seoul UTC+9 · New York UTC-4

🇰🇷 Seoul

🇺🇸 New York

Best time to connect

These cities have no standard-workday overlap — Seoul and New York are too far apart in time. Schedule outside normal hours, or use async communication.

Seoul ↔ New York time difference explained

Seoul is 13 hours ahead of New York. Seoul, South Korea runs on Asia/Seoul (UTC+9) while New York, USA uses America/New York (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 New York, 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 New York

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

00:00 · 12am11:00 · 11am (−1d)

01:00 · 1am12:00 · 12pm (−1d)

02:00 · 2am13:00 · 1pm (−1d)

03:00 · 3am14:00 · 2pm (−1d)

04:00 · 4am15:00 · 3pm (−1d)

05:00 · 5am16:00 · 4pm (−1d)

06:00 · 6am17:00 · 5pm (−1d)

07:00 · 7am18:00 · 6pm (−1d)

08:00 · 8am19:00 · 7pm (−1d)

09:00 · 9am20:00 · 8pm (−1d)

10:00 · 10am21:00 · 9pm (−1d)

11:00 · 11am22:00 · 10pm (−1d)

12:00 · 12pm23:00 · 11pm (−1d)

13:00 · 1pm00:00 · 12am

14:00 · 2pm01:00 · 1am

15:00 · 3pm02:00 · 2am

16:00 · 4pm03:00 · 3am

17:00 · 5pm04:00 · 4am

18:00 · 6pm05:00 · 5am

19:00 · 7pm06:00 · 6am

20:00 · 8pm07:00 · 7am

21:00 · 9pm08:00 · 8am

22:00 · 10pm09:00 · 9am

23:00 · 11pm10:00 · 10am

Seoul keeps Korea Standard Time (KST, UTC+9) all year. New York keeps Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4) from 8 March to 1 November 2026, and Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC-5) for the rest of the year. On those offsets the time in the USA is 13 hours behind the time in South Korea: 9am in Seoul is 8pm the previous day, 12pm in Seoul is 11pm the previous day, 2pm in Seoul is 1am, and 8pm in Seoul is 7am in New York.

Frequently asked questions

What is the time difference between Seoul and New York?

Seoul is 13 hours ahead of New York. Seoul is UTC+9 and New York 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 New York?

When it's 9am in Seoul, it's 20:00 in New York (seoul is 13 hours ahead of new york).

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

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

Do Seoul and New York 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.