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Time difference between Seoul and London

London is currently 8 hours behind Seoul. The best shared working window is 08:00–09:00 UTC, 1 hours of it. The table below shows the hours side by side.

Seoul
works with →
London
Seoulyour day
09:00–18:00 local
Londontheir day
09:00–17:00 local
Sharedboth at work
1h
08:00–09:00 UTC
17:00–18:00 in Seoul 09:00–10:00 in London
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17:08–17:53 Seoul 09:08–09:53 London
Working hours

National conventions are the default and the public figure. Change them here for your own answer — the chart, the window and the calendar file all follow.

Seoul 09:00 – 18:00 9 h
London 09:00 – 17:00 8 h
1hoverlap
hard, One thin hour. Fine for a weekly sync, painful for anything live. Best window 08:00–09:00 UTC.
The two days, hour by hour One column an hour, both cities on the same instant. Where the two teal runs line up is when you can both be at work.
Seoul
London

09:00 Seoul At work = 01:00 London Asleep

Asleep Awake At work Both at work 1 h · 17:00–18:00 Seoul · 09:00–10:00 London

Tap any hour to read it in both cities.

Hour by hour
SeoulLondon
00:00 16:00
01:00 17:00
02:00 18:00
03:00 19:00
04:00 20:00
05:00 21:00
06:00 22:00
07:00 23:00
08:00 00:00
09:00 01:00
10:00 02:00
11:00 03:00
12:00 04:00
13:00 05:00
14:00 06:00
15:00 07:00
16:00 08:00
17:00 09:00 both at work
18:00 10:00
19:00 11:00
20:00 12:00
21:00 13:00
22:00 14:00
23:00 15:00

The difference adjusts automatically for daylight saving in both Seoul and London.

The working week

Seoul
09:00 to 18:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
London
09:00 to 17:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Working hours and weekend days for 55 countries
Source: Published national labour conventions and government working-hours guidance. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:A national convention, not any given employer. Countries not listed fall back to a nine-to-five, Monday to Friday default, and pages say so rather than implying we checked.

FAQ

How many hours between Seoul and London?

London is 8 hours behind Seoul (-8 hours).

When is the best time for a meeting?

Around 08:00–09:00 UTC, when both working days overlap — Seoul works 09:00–18:00 and London works 09:00–17:00, each in their own local time.