It is generally accepted that the countdown of time around the world comes from Greenwich, that is, the zero meridian, which runs through Europe in the place where the British Isles, France and Spain are located, and the left convex part of the African continent. Thus, all countries located on the left side of this meridian calculate their time difference with a minus sign, and countries located on the right side with a plus sign. The time zones in which states are located relative to Greenwich are commonly called time zones. In what time zone are the states of Russia and both Korean states, and what is the time difference between us and Korea?
Wide is my native land…
Yes, the songwriter is right. Russia is so wide that in one time zone, like most European countries, it does not fit either physically or geographically. Its westernmost edge, in which the Kaliningrad region is located, is in the +3 time zone, and the easternmost (Far Eastern regions) is +12. The Moscow region is located in the +4 zone relative to the zero meridian. That is, while in England, located in zerotime zone, 12 o'clock in the afternoon, it's already 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
What is the time difference with the Korean Peninsula?
Russia and Korea are crossed by a single time zone +9. Therefore, for example, in the Irkutsk region, located in the same time zone, there will be the same time with the Koreans. But for Muscovites living in the +4 time zone, the time difference with Korea will be impressive, that is, 9 - 4=5. Five hours difference is almost a quarter of a day, so everyone who goes on such a long flight should be prepared for that even though your plane starts from Moscow at 12 noon, after spending 8 hours on the way, you will land in Korea in 13 hours, since at the time of launch it was already 5 pm in Korea.
Difference from other cities
In conclusion, here is a list of the difference between Korea and other major Russian regional centers. So, the difference between Korea and:
- Kaliningrad – 6 hours;
- Moscow and St. Petersburg - 5 hours;
- Astrakhan - 4 hours;
- Yekaterinburg and Khanty-Mansiysk – 3 hours;
- Omsk - 2 hours;
- Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk - 1 hour;
- Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude – 0 hours;
- Yakutsk and Chita - +1 hour;
- Khabarovsk and Vladivostok - +2 hours;
- Magadan - +3 hours;
- Anadyr and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - +4 hours
Have a nice trip if you are going to Korea.
